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The Old New Thing

The Old New Thing

Raymond Chen: Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 25 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He currently appears regularly on MSDN Channel 9’s One Dev Minute channel in the One Dev Question video series.

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The COM static store, part 5: Using COM weak references

The COM static store, part 5: Using COM weak references

February 12th, 2021

Avoiding having to go through the static store at all.

The COM static store, part 4: Aggregating into a single object

The COM static store, part 4: Aggregating into a single object

February 11th, 2021

Batch all the things you need into a single object.

The COM static store, part 3: Avoiding creation of an expensive temporary when setting a singleton

The COM static store, part 3: Avoiding creation of an expensive temporary when setting a singleton

February 10th, 2021

Don't create one unless you really need one.

The COM static store, part 2: Race conditions in setting a singleton

The COM static store, part 2: Race conditions in setting a singleton

February 9th, 2021

There can be only one, so don't end up with two.

The COM static store, part 1: Introduction

The COM static store, part 1: Introduction

February 8th, 2021

Communal storage for COM things.

How do I get a foothold in the neutral apartment?

How do I get a foothold in the neutral apartment?

February 5th, 2021

You can explicit ask for its context.

Usage patterns for winrt::unbox_value_or

Usage patterns for winrt::unbox_value_or

February 4th, 2021

Two templates, many patterns.

Why is there no useful information in the RetailInfo class?

Why is there no useful information in the RetailInfo class?

February 3rd, 2021

It's just marketing nonsense.

A metric that is consistently at 100% is probably broken

A metric that is consistently at 100% is probably broken

February 2nd, 2021

They say that you get what you measure.

Why am I being told my fire_and_forget coroutine is not returning a value?

Why am I being told my fire_and_forget coroutine is not returning a value?

February 1st, 2021

Fire-and-forget coroutines don't return a value, do they?