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VS 2017 Tips: My three favorite features

March 07, 2017
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Aside from the improved installation experience there are some features in Visual Studio 2017 that will warrant genuine ...

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Surface Studio Owl Desktop Image

February 26, 2017
1 min read

It took me a while to find a pristine copy of the the Surface Studio desktop owl image, and I must say I think it is ...

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Visual Studio 2017 - Installation UX Improvements

February 23, 2017
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If C# is versatile it is partly because it housed in an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports it, and ...

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C#7 - Taking a second look at Tuples

February 15, 2017
3 min read

When C# burst on to the scene at the turn of the century I was firmly embedded in the world of Visual Basic and C++, ...

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Encouraging HTTPS Adoption

February 09, 2017
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Back in 2014 Google used their significant influence to encourage sites to adopt HTTPS by using security as a ranking ...

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Xbox Tip: Fixing Hulu Streaming Issues

February 06, 2017
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If you want up to date TV then Hulu is a really good option, it gives you access to popular, quality programming ...

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Performance Review Samples for Dev Teams

February 02, 2017
3 min read

Your yearly reviews are really important moments for you individually and also for the entire dev team. I find now ...

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Developing code beyond the Event Horizon

January 26, 2017
2 min read

'In general relativity, an event horizon is a boundary in space-time beyond which events cannot affect an outside ...

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Development process as a Black box not a Black hole

January 16, 2017
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I had one of those Twitter outburst last year that I realized mirrored a frustration I have seen manifest in every job ...

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