Arm has traditionally targeted the low end of the power and performance curve, but just as Intel has been looking to expand into the low power market, ARM is looking to expand into higher power and…
Control Flow is a term used when describing the path of program
execution. While it is necessary, I hope from the definition it's
clear that control flow should be de-emphasized in declarative
programming. Yet, I believe micromanaging control flow
still plays …
The Intel N100 (and N200) seem to be Intel's attempt at trying to muscle into the market that high-end ARM SoCs look to have cornered. With the Rockchip
What does it mean to support “secure” updates? Nowadays, supply chain attacks are at the forefront of everyone’s mind, so I think it is worth delving into what it really means to make software updates secure.
The simplest version of software updates is just do…
While poking around Parallels Desktop I found a script which is invoked by a setuid-root binary, which has the following snippet: local prl_dir="${usr_home}/Library/Parallels" if [ -e "$prl_dir" -a ! -d "$prl_dir" ]; then log warning "'${prl_dir}' is not a dir…
I have been in a fight with my abysmal lack of self-control since I started university with limitless computer access. Each time I uncover some new self-control technique, the advances in technology force me to wrestle harder.
We're tackling common concerns about adopting Ruby on Rails in 2024, breaking down its enduring benefits and community vibes. Spoiler: Rails isn't going anyw...
Remember family computers? Before we had tablets, middle class families would buy overpriced computers from dodgy computer stores that the whole family got to share. As they were mostly used by children and adults who didn't have the slightest understanding of…
.NET MAUI has been integrated into the .NET 8 release candidate 2, bringing developers closer to the general availability of .NET 8. This release, supported by a go-live license, focuses on resolving regression issues. As reported, efforts have also been made …
Code does not age like an organic organism, but it can in its own way.The quality decreases as time passes – software codebases degrade in quality and become more disorganized over time as mo…
A while back I wrote Raku: a Language for Gremlins about my first experiences with the language. After three more months of using it I've found that it's...
■OverviewIn RE ENGINE, all game logic is written in the C# programming language and runs on a proprietary virtual machine called REVM.We will discuss the ben...
■OverviewIn RE ENGINE, all game logic is written in the C# programming language and runs on a proprietary virtual machine called REVM.We will discuss the ben...
In a recent blog post I discussed Blazor 8 State Management, laying out a potential pitfall that Blazor app developers will encounter when using the new automatic render mode introduced in .NET 8.