Running Visual Studio 2008 in Windows 11

One thing Microsoft is generally good about is keeping old applications running. Applications built with Visual Basic 6.0 (first released in 1998) still run well (in most cases) on the latest Windows. I maintain an application which is not quite that old, but which was built with Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0. It … Continue reading Running Visual Studio 2008 in Windows 11 →

Can AI write as capably as humans?

Although I make mistakes when I write, it is an activity that comes easily to me. Sometimes it is difficult: finding the best title, opening paragraph, closing paragraph, how to express a thought with the right nuance; all these things can be hard. If I know what I want to say though, the words come … Continue reading Can AI write as capably as humans? →

Vercel’s Scriptc is a TypeScript to native code compiler – how did we get here?

Vercel has previewed Scriptc on GitHub, a native compiler for TypeScript which is open source under the Apache 2 license. Scriptc takes TypeScript code as input and outputs a native code executable, along with an embedded JavaScript engine if needed, using the existing QuickJS ng project. The JavaScript engine is needed if there is code … Continue reading Vercel’s Scriptc is a TypeScript to native code compiler – how did we get here? →

Getting started with Azure Artifact Signing

Signing applications is a requirement for deploying a desktop or mobile application and can be fiddly. Microsoft’s Azure Artifact Signing always looked to me like a good solution in that the pricing is reasonable at $9.99 per month for up to 5,000 signings, and it is run by Microsoft so one would think that the … Continue reading Getting started with Azure Artifact Signing →

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