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2026 10

  1. We're entering the human era
  2. Electron apps: web browsers in a trenchcoat
  3. You probably don’t need a UUID
  4. Could IPv6 have an edge over IPv4?
  5. The state of ARM64 on Windows in 2026
  6. Constructors vs static methods in C#
  7. On versioning
  8. The case against SET NOCOUNT ON
  9. The forsaken world of Windows Task Scheduler
  10. EF6 to EF Core migration cheatsheet

2025 9

  1. Click here to see the content
  2. Use MySQL on WSL2 without a container
  3. Isn't WSL2 just a VM?
  4. Are cellular towers the next landlines?
  5. Vibe coding in the 90's
  6. From passwords to passkeys
  7. Safe zero-copy operations in C#
  8. Don't purchase your iPhone with AppleCare+
  9. Good people doing good things

2024 1

  1. IPv6 for the remotely interested

2023 1

  1. Solving disinformation with Internet literacy

2022 2

  1. What are the strong sides of Windows?
  2. Hover is over

2021 1

  1. To test or not to test

2020 4

  1. I’m writing a book
  2. Hey isn’t for me, for now
  3. How is computer programming different today than 20 years ago?
  4. A Pledge for Namespace Directives in C#

2019 5

  1. Transitioning to Nullable References
  2. Why are x86 and x64 named as such?
  3. A Critique of The Night King
  4. PowerShell Accidentally Created A Nice Configuration Format
  5. The Tablet That Has Never Been: Surface Pro 6

2018 5

  1. Is Windows becoming more like Unix, or moving away from it?
  2. Why isn’t ‘nil’ treated as ‘false’ in Go?
  3. .NET MVC Must Earn the Price We Pay
  4. Tabs vs Spaces: Towards a Better Bike Shed
  5. How did I learn assembly?

2017 2

  1. Trolls Don’t Exist
  2. Avoid Leaking Your Identity with YubiKey

2016 1

  1. Are empty interfaces code smell?

2015 1

  1. What did Windows NT have when it came out that Unix hadn't?