Why does the Disk Cleanup tool’s Windows Update Cleanup take so long and consume so much CPU?

Raymond ChenSeptember 22, 2020Sep 22, 202009/22/20

It's doing some real work.

Git commit-tree parlor tricks, Part 8: I just rebased my branch, but now I realize that I should have merged

Raymond ChenSeptember 21, 2020Sep 21, 202009/21/20

You can rewrite the tree while preserving files.

2020 mid-year link clearance

Raymond ChenJune 30, 2020Jun 30, 202006/30/20

Another midpoint.

Blaming the operating system for allowing people to create files with unusual characters in their names

Raymond ChenJune 17, 2020Jun 17, 202006/17/20

Four fingers pointing back at your self.

When programs assume that the system will never change, episode 1, redux

Raymond ChenMay 26, 2020May 26, 202005/26/20

It was never yours to begin with.

Reporting on what you could do once you get to the other side of the airtight hatchway

Raymond ChenMay 18, 2020May 18, 202005/18/20

Counting all those chickens.

The paradoxical sense of relief when instructions to solve the problem fail at the first step

Raymond ChenApril 27, 2020Apr 27, 202004/27/20

Time saved.

It rather involved being on the other side of this airtight hatchway: Planting files onto a custom PATH

Raymond ChenApril 20, 2020Apr 20, 202004/20/20

Adding a directory to the PATH comes with obligations.

An observation about what people used iPads for in the early days

Raymond ChenApril 3, 2020Apr 3, 202004/3/20

Does everything you need, if you also bring an assistant.