Jun 23, 2025
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The MIDL compiler still has trouble with double greater-than signs, sadly
Many have tried.
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Jun 20, 2025
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The case of the invalid handle error when a handle is closed while a thread is waiting on it
You are theorizing one race but experiencing another.
Jun 19, 2025
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Learning to read C++ compiler errors: Ambiguous symbol errors after including a header file
Finding out why multiple entities with the same name are visible.
Jun 18, 2025
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You have to tell Get- and SetSecurityInfo the object type, you can’t make it guess
It needs to know which provider to give it to.
Jun 17, 2025
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Funding the Egghead store shopping spree took a little extra legwork
Just ask the boss.
Jun 16, 2025
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Writing a helper class for generating a particular category of C callback wrappers around C++ methods
Another exercise in C++ template programming.
Jun 13, 2025
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Thread pool threads are like preschool: Leave things the way you found them
Your mother always told you to clean up behind yourself.
Jun 12, 2025
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Why does Windows even have Interlocked functions when we have std::atomic?
Well, you have to start somewhere.
Jun 11, 2025
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Removing the MAX_PATH restriction on paths applies only to paths
The individual file names still retain their existing limits.
Jun 10, 2025
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Application compatibility for Windows 95 crashed a cash register
Exceeding all reasonable maximums.