Apr 21, 2025
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The ongoing story of seconds on the taskbar
The cost of ticking.
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Apr 18, 2025
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The case of the feature flag that didn’t stay on long enough, part 2
Leaving everything the way you found it.
Apr 17, 2025
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The case of the feature flag that didn’t stay on long enough, part 1
Understanding scope and order of destruction.
Apr 16, 2025
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Using the classical model for linking to provide unit test overrides
Overriding a LIB with an OBJ for fun and profit.
Apr 15, 2025
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There was a lot of imagined dropping tablets in swimming pools
The archetypical example of needing a replacement computer.
Apr 14, 2025
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Dubious security vulnerability: Once I have tricked the user into running a malicious shortcut, I can install malware
Yes, that's sort of the point.
Apr 11, 2025
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The case of the UI thread that hung in a kernel call
I did tell you not to do that.
Apr 10, 2025
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Function overloading is more flexible (and more convenient) than template function specialization
You can change more things in an overload.
Apr 9, 2025
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Why can’t I use SEC_LARGE_PAGES with a file-based file mapping?
No paging, no crying.
Apr 8, 2025
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The Goldilocks zone of software stability
Not too new, not too old.