Rob Janssen

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Using Universe Sandbox

What is Universe Sandbox? At it's core, Universe Sandbox is a gravity simulator (that very intentionally happens to be fun and easy to use).Check out the "what is it?" page for more info. What does it look like? Check out the video preview, user videos, or view screenshots of the program in action.

When did we stop caring about memory management?

This post is neither a rant nor a complaint, but rather, an observation. There's some amazing work happening over in the C#-based Kestrel web server. This is an little open source webserver that (currently) sits on libuv and lets you run ASP.NET web applications on Windows, Mac, or Linux.

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About SSL (but Were Afraid to Ask)

Or perhaps more accurately, “practical things I’ve learned about SSL”.

2016-01-04 - Some things about time

This weekend an aspiring embedded developer asked something in a programming group about how to handle time between his devices and the server. This is something I've got some experience with, so my answer was both passionate and empathic.

12 resolutions for programmers

It's important for programmers to challenge themselves. Creative and technical stagnation is the only alternative.

How bad a software developer are you?

“If you go to Google and search for 'measuring software developer productivity,' you will find a whole lot of nothing. Seriously—nothing,” wrote Nick Hodges in 2012. Not a whole lot has changed since then.

Software estimations are impossible

Have you ever tried to solve a Rubik’s cube and been unable to complete it? I once tried several times during a long bus trip and felt pretty bummed after failing every time. Then I learned that there are kids out there that can do it in seconds! How is that even possible?

RolandPheasant/TailBlazer

In my day to day professional life I am always tailing log files but have always been disappointed with the utilities on offer. The current crop of free ones all look like they were written in the 1990s, are very ugly and have limited functionality.

New Year PVS-Studio 6.00 Release: Scanning Roslyn

The long wait is finally over. We have released a static code analyzer PVS-Studio 6.00 that supports analysis of C# projects. Now it can analyze projects written in languages C, C++, C++/CLI, C++/CX, and C#. For this release, we have prepared a report about analysis of open-source project Roslyn.

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