winrt::fire_and_forget was too forgetful
March 20, 2019Mar 20, 201903/20/19Usually, you don’t care when it finishes, as long as it does.
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March 19, 2019Mar 19, 201903/19/19Keeping things tidy.
How do I design a class so that methods must be called in a certain order?
March 18, 2019Mar 18, 201903/18/19Consider it a chain of operation objects.
How can we use IsBadWritePtr to fix a buffer overflow, if IsBadWritePtr is itself bad?
March 15, 2019Mar 15, 201903/15/19Don’t catch the overflow as it happens. Stop the overflow before it happens.
Resolving security issues sometimes involves its own degree of managing people’s egos
March 14, 2019Mar 14, 201903/14/19It’s not purely technical. There’s sociology here, too.
Welcome to my new home on the Microsoft Developer Tools and Services blog site
March 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19Pardon the dust.
Why is there a limit of 15 shell icon overlays?
March 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19Ran out of bits.
Asking for clear written documentation that Require trusted path for credential entry is no longer recommended
March 12, 2019Mar 12, 201903/12/19It was never recommended in the first place.
Precision questioning: The cynical description
March 11, 2019Mar 11, 201903/11/19Just keep digging.
Even if your assembly language code doesn’t call any Windows APIs, you still have to follow the ABI
March 8, 2019Mar 8, 201903/8/19You’re not off by yourself; you’re part of a society.
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winrt::fire_and_forget was too forgetful
March 20, 2019Mar 20, 201903/20/19Usually, you don’t care when it finishes, as long as it does.
Why does my app’s uninstaller disappear from the Start menu?
March 19, 2019Mar 19, 201903/19/19Keeping things tidy.
How do I design a class so that methods must be called in a certain order?
March 18, 2019Mar 18, 201903/18/19Consider it a chain of operation objects.
How can we use IsBadWritePtr to fix a buffer overflow, if IsBadWritePtr is itself bad?
March 15, 2019Mar 15, 201903/15/19Don’t catch the overflow as it happens. Stop the overflow before it happens.
Resolving security issues sometimes involves its own degree of managing people’s egos
March 14, 2019Mar 14, 201903/14/19It’s not purely technical. There’s sociology here, too.
Welcome to my new home on the Microsoft Developer Tools and Services blog site
March 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19Pardon the dust.
Why is there a limit of 15 shell icon overlays?
March 13, 2019Mar 13, 201903/13/19Ran out of bits.
Asking for clear written documentation that Require trusted path for credential entry is no longer recommended
March 12, 2019Mar 12, 201903/12/19It was never recommended in the first place.
Precision questioning: The cynical description
March 11, 2019Mar 11, 201903/11/19Just keep digging.
Even if your assembly language code doesn’t call any Windows APIs, you still have to follow the ABI
March 8, 2019Mar 8, 201903/8/19You’re not off by yourself; you’re part of a society.