Windows Terminal 1.0 is coming - Update now and set up your split pane hotkeys!
The Windows Terminal is free and in the Windows Store and you should go make sure you have the latest update. The v0.10 ...
The March 2020 release of Azure Data Studio is now available - SQL Server Blog
The March release of Azure Data Studio is now available. Download Azure Data Studio and review the release notes to get started. Please note: After downloading Azure Data Studio, say Yes to enabling preview features so that you can use extensions. Azure Data S…
Virtual security conferences fill void left by canceled face-to-face events
Notable members of the infosec community are creating impromptu but highly popular virtual events using cheap, off-the-shelf tools.
WhatsApp “Martinelli” hoax is back, warning about “Dance of the Pope”
Two old WhatsApp hoaxes are back, with a grain-of-truth story in the middle to add a veneer of believability. Don’t spread this stuff!
Visual Studio for Mac 8.5 is now available
Visual Studio for Mac 8.5 is available. It includes ASP.NET Core auth templates, Azure Functions 3.0 support, and better assistive technology support.
Ray Tracing in One Weekend Series
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Things have certainly been interesting over the last few weeks and it's fair to say that a lot things have changed in quite a short amount of time! With any negative event like the one we're currently experiencing though, I like to try and remain positive wher…
Unsure Calculator
The Unsure Calculator is an online tool that lets you calculate with numbers you’re not sure about.
Zoom video conferences aren’t as private as you think
If you’re using Zoom while working from home, you should be aware of the company’s questionable privacy practices, including its “attention tracking” tool.
Breathing and Exercise: Strength Training for Your Diaphragm – Penn Medicine
Improve your workout performance with these breathing exercises to strengthen your diaphagram
Raytracing - in Excel!!
All done in Excel, using only formulae with the only use of macros made for the inputting of key commands (e.g. wasd etc) and to run the animated camera. The video is sped up somewhat over what is achievable in the model (in particular, the final segment is o…
[15] RFR 8172680: Support SHA-3 based Hmac algorithms
Highlights from Git 2.26
Take a look at some of the new features in the latest Git release.
Deploying security.txt: how Cloudflare’s security team builds on Workers
Today, we’re launching support for the security.txt initiative through Workers to help give security researchers a common location to learn about how to communicate with our team.
The Reason for Types in JavaScript - CoRecursive Podcast
Adam talks to Jared Forsyth about his journey from untyped JavaScript, to using flow, and eventually ReasonML. Today’s podcast is sponsored by Springboard “I mean, I was, I’ll admit it, I was definitely in the: ‘I was scarred by Java and C plus plus in an intr…
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YAGNI, Cargo Cult and Overengineering - the Planes Won’t Land Just Because You Built a Runway in Your Backyard
This article explorers cargo cult software development practice where developers blindly choose tools just because other (often much largers companies) are using the same tools.
Emergency Website Kit
In cases of emergency, many organizations need a quick way to publish critical information. But exisiting (CMS) websites are often unable to handle sudden spikes in traffic.
Fun with browsers: how to get an image into the current page
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DirectX Developer Day Schedule | DirectX Developer Blog
Tomorrow (3/19) is DirectX Developer Day! Join the Microsoft DirectX team, along with partners AMD and NVIDIA, for a series of talks and demos covering the future of gaming graphics: The New Features and Unprecedented Opportunities of DirectX 12 – Jianye Lu T…
“We don’t need TDD, our project isn’t worth it” – George Stocker
In 2018 I converted our garage into a bedroom, laundry room, and entryway. I enlisted the help of tradespeople (a mason, plumber, and electrician) to handle the exterior, plumbing moves, and electrical needs (respectively), but I did the rest myself.
Dual boot authentication with ASP.Net Core
This is a post about having two kinds of authentication working at the same time in ASP.Net Core. But choosing which authentication method ...
.NET Platforms Feature Comparison | Premier Developer
App Dev Manager, Linkai Yu builds a namespace comparison for .NET Core 3.1, .NET Core Standard 2.1, and .NET Framework 4.8 to easily visualize some of the feature differences. I often get asked about the feature comparison among .NET Framework/.NET Core/.NET …
Announcing DirectX Developer Day | DirectX Developer Blog
GDC may have been postponed, but we aren’t going to let that prevent us from bringing the next generation of graphics innovation to the world. Join us this Thursday, March 19, for a virtual DirectX Developer Day on Mixer! The Microsoft DirectX team,
EF Core 5.0: Using ToQueryString() method to translate LINQ query to SQL
EF Core 5.0 comes with ToQueryString() method that translates LINQ queries to provider-specific SQL queries. Here is how it works.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Facet: Push vs Pull
If you want to process events, you can fetch them from the infrastructure or you can have the infrastructure hand them to you. Neither idea is crazy.
A Quick Garbled Circuits Primer
Special thanks to Dankrad Feist for review
Cultivate the Skill of Undivided Attention, or “Deep Work”
This is a guest post from Josh Thompson. Enjoy. Dear New Developer, You know that there’s a chasm between your skill level and that of the mythical “senior software developer”. If…