~ to show ConsoleCtrl-C to close console. Type 'wat?' to find out how this console was created.cd [path] or via paged posts lists using the posts [page] command. You can navigate to a new post with the go [path|#id].
One dirty little secret about Visual Studio 2008 and even Visual Studio 2010 is that while MSBuild governs the solution build process, the .sln file is not an MSBuild file. The .*proj files are, but solution isn't. So trying to … Continue reading
One reason Xml is hated by many is namespaces. While the concept is incredibly useful and powerful, the implementation, imho, is a prime example of over-engineered flexibility: It's so flexible that you can express the same document in a number … Continue reading
Xml configuration files have certainly been vilified, but they do have some lovely qualities, such as easy allowing you to stuff additional data into them without screwing things up. To be on the safe side this should be done with … Continue reading
Yesterday I needed to create a bit of code that should retry an http request on failure and i wanted this to happen in a non-blocking fashion, so a plain loop was out. Using DReAM's Plug, I can easily set … Continue reading
I've been trying to figure out a workflow in git for resetting my clone of an upstream branch to the current upstream state, but without discarding my history. The reason for not dropping the history is that a) it's antithetical … Continue reading
My inability to cleanly insert an intercepting actor to spawn new actors on demand discussed in my previous post about Calculon illustrated tunnelvision in my expression based messages. While these are a great way to express the message contract, they … Continue reading