Stupid Microsoft Documentation, Sql Server Edition
It’s been a while since I played bongos on the (virtual) heads of Microsoft’s documentation staff, but that wasn’t for lack of their continued striving…
- November 10, 2024 8:58 pm·
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Why Not Document What Works?
I recently started trying to use the MSBuild API in a project where I need to be able to parse csproj files and then do…
- July 3, 2024 10:48 pm·
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Why StackOverflow is Toxic, and a Way to Improve It
People ask questions when they don’t know enough to solve a problem on their own. This means, by definition, they are very likely not to…
- March 2, 2024 4:44 pm·
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Where It All Began
I recently attended my 50th high school reunion, which, among other things, included a tour of the school itself. I actually started going to the…
- October 11, 2023 8:27 pm·
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A Thousand Suns Isn’t Even Close
You know that phrase “I [hate|despise] you with the fire of a thousand suns”? Well, that doesn’t begin to describe the way I feel about…
- August 8, 2023 2:54 am·
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OMG, It Works!
Which is not at all what I expected when I hit F5 to debug an app just now. One mark of a well-architected software package,…
- June 2, 2023 3:52 pm·
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