The article discusses why developers should understand the reasoning behind a software rule before attempting to work around it, emphasizing that knowing the rule's purpose can lead to better solutions or reveal hidden risks.
This post pays tribute to the person behind the now-ubiquitous red and green squiggly underlines for spell and grammar checking, a feature that started in Microsoft Word and spread to nearly every word processor and beyond.
The blog post discusses how window and class extra bytes in Windows evolved, with their intended usage encoded in the naming prefix.
The blog post discusses the challenge of changing administrative settings when the action requires already having administrative access, likening it to being on the wrong side of an airtight hatchway and needing to unlock the door from the inside.
The article discusses how some programs misuse Windows window class extra bytes to secretly store data, and provides a compatibility note on this practice.
The article explains that the term "escrow" in software development is essentially the same as a "release candidate," but functions as a psychological trick to influence team behavior and mindset.