Not actually crossing the airtight hatchway: Applying per-user overrides

Raymond ChenAugust 1, 2019Aug 1, 201908/1/19

The user is merely attacking himself.

Why do pinned apps sometimes go to the end of the taskbar, rather than going into the “pinned apps” section of the taskbar?

Raymond ChenJuly 25, 2019Jul 25, 201907/25/19

That's not really a "pinned apps" section. It just looks like one.

Adventures in application compatibility: Calling an internal function

Raymond ChenJuly 24, 2019Jul 24, 201907/24/19

Clearly wandering into unsupported implementation details.

Windows NT services are assigned a SID based on an SHA-1 hash, but what about the risk of collision?

Raymond ChenJuly 17, 2019Jul 17, 201907/17/19

Those collisions are going to be hard to manufacture.

My initial confusion when encountering functions whose names begin with Co

Raymond ChenJuly 15, 2019Jul 15, 201907/15/19

We aren't in the math department any more.

Generating good error messages from code analysis tools is harder than it looks

Raymond ChenJuly 4, 2019Jul 4, 201907/4/19

Describing the problem accurately, with enough diagnostics to chase the problem

Microspeak: Ingestion

Raymond ChenJuly 2, 2019Jul 2, 201907/2/19

Let's hope it goes down easily.

2019 mid-year link clearance

Raymond ChenJune 28, 2019Jun 28, 201906/28/19

Another checkpoint reached.

Stupid git commit-tree tricks, Part 7: Combining more than two files into one while preserving line history, manual octopus merging

Raymond ChenMay 15, 2019May 15, 201905/15/19

Sometimes you just have to take things into your own hands.

Stupid git tricks: Combining two files into one while preserving line history

Raymond ChenMay 14, 2019May 14, 201905/14/19

Starting with the two-file case.