Things that have gotten me through 2017 so far
2017 has been brutal. Everything and everyone wants your attention. It’s full of turmoil and polarization and ridiculous amounts of politics. Stress. The two things… Read More
VsWhere and Visual Studio 2017
Visual Studio has made some major changes in its latest form. Visual Studio 2017 relies less on the windows registry, has a different folder structure,… Read More
Get-FmgBuildDirectory
In Fmg-Build, Full Metal Gnome Build Module, there is a function called Get-FmgBuildDirectory, its sole purpose is to get the build directory for the environment. Read More
Rethinking Automated Build Systems for .NET
I have this itch: current build systems for .NET are insufficient. Some are just plain cumbersome, others are just blind clones of cmake. The cmake… Read More
Google Foobar
I came across Google Foobar today, which basically online puzzles for programmers. I was looking for info on the new headless mode for Chrome since… Read More
Chrome 58 introduces new certificate errors
Yesterday, the team at my day job ran into two new certificate issues for self-signed certificates after Chrome was updated to version 58: NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID –… Read More
Thoughts on enhancing Chocolatey portable packages
Chocolatey, a windows package management tool is great for installing apps and tools for most Windows devices. For developers and power users, it supports… Read More
Azure 3.0 SDK Install Weirdness
The Azure 3.0 SDK for Visual Studio 2015 does not create new folders for the SDK. It does not update the version number in Visual… Read More
Run npm install in a different directory
I find that trying to run NPM install for all dependencies in a different folder than where the package.json resides,… a bit troublesome. My primary… Read More
KeePass: A beginners guide to Password Management
What are password managers? Password managers are secure encrypted vaults used to store and retrieve your valuables such as passwords, software licenses, and digital certificates… Read More