.NET Core 1.0–The Framework we need
Are you old enough to remember the release of ASP.NET? I unfortunately am, I distinctly recollect it presenting a ...
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WinDbg Tip:Failed to load data access DLL
For the past few months I have been almost exclusively using WinDbg to debug high severity production issues. It ...
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Designing apps for efficient battery usage
Most people who start coding (me included) have a natural affinity towards poor design, but we refine our approach ...
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Programming on a Mobile OS–Swift Playgrounds
I have argued for a long time that tablets are a reductive technology, not just for direct consumers, but specifically ...
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Reflecting Tip: Edit a .NET Assembly
A really smart colleague of mine made me aware of a plugin called Reflixil associated with Reflector (also ILSpy) that ...
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Let it Shine
We are at the center of the universe … well the earth, by definition, is at the center of our observable universe. By ...
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Nerd Life Balance
About five years ago I found myself in a quandary, I simply could not switch off. I had several high profile projects ...
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Facial Recognition using Windows Runtime API
Intelligent applications are all the rage and I for one was really surprised to see how easy and quickly some basic ...
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SHA-1: If One Fails All Fails
When you manage large scale platforms across multiple operating systems (browsers are mini OS’es IMHO), you really have ...
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