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Remembering some old APIs. The post How do I get my edit control text to be autoselected when I choose it to be the default focus in my dialog? appeared first on The Old New Thing.... Take me to this post.
December 01, 2025How one founder’s drive to make “cool sh*t only” sparked a studio culture built on experimentation, attitude, and fearless digital craft.... Take me to this post.
December 01, 2025Meta Hacker Cup 2025 Round 3 on Saturday narrowed the field down to the 25 finalists (problems, results, top 5 on the left, my screencast). After solving B relatively quickly, I got stuck on A for about 50 minutes. The overall solution plan was relatively clear — k=2 is a special case, in all other cases we can achieve the minimum amount derived from the area by solving greedily with some small backtracking or heuristic to deal with the diagonal. However, I could not figure out that heuristic, n... Take me to this post.
December 01, 2025Remy's Law of Requirements Gathering states "No matter what the requirements document says, what your users really wanted was Excel." This has a corrolary: "Any sufficiently advanced Excel file is indistingushable from software." Given enough time, any Excel file whipped up by any user can transition from "useful" to "mission critical software" before anyone notices. That's why Nemecsek was tasked with taking a pile of Excel spreadsheets and converting them into "real" software, which could be m... Take me to this post.
December 01, 2025This year I am producing "Cypress vs Playwright Advent Calendar" on my Cypress Tips... Take me to this post.
December 01, 2025Ready to go on a journey that will take your Linux skills to the next level and beyond what theoretical learning can? Continue reading...... Take me to this post.
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