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New comment by runfaster2000 in "Nested code fences in Markdown"

runfaster2000 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:03:07 +0000

C# has this same model:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-ref...

New comment by runfaster2000 in "-2000 Lines of code (2004)"

runfaster2000 — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 03:41:31 +0000

This is a good example[1] at 64k LOC removal. We removed built-in support for C# + WinRT interop on Windows and instead required users to use a source-generation tool (which is still the case today). This was a breaking change. We realized we had one chance to do this and took it.

[1] https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/36715/files

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Why is OpenAI buying Windsurf?"

runfaster2000 — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 21:07:02 +0000

This excellent presentation (Veritasium) is making much the same point (learning comes from “reps”).

https://youtu.be/0xS68sl2D70?si=rXg5_wjg4bEdMalw

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Solarpunk"

runfaster2000 — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 02:53:30 +0000

I quite enjoyed both series. They are not similar (as you implicitly suggest).

Wayfarer bugged me at first because each book is a massive departure from the next (somewhat like Ender 1 and 2). As much as it pained me to leave the characters of the first book, the following books were more meaningful and stayed with me much longer.

I also wish Chambers wrote more. Amazing author.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Why Blog If Nobody Reads It?"

runfaster2000 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:19:17 +0000

This is all true. The only part that is potentially misleading is that the target doesn't need to be a blog. A blog is a fine target, however. The key activity is spending time to articulate a message with enough clarity that another person will understand what you meant and that they will conclude there is some value in it. There are lots of avenues for this.

It's not limited to this, but in the workplace I think of this as "write it down culture". People who write things down often have the most tested and credible ideas, with the first and most important judge being themselves.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Charlieplexing"

runfaster2000 — Sun, 12 May 2024 05:25:30 +0000

Here is a post I wrote a while back that includes charlieplexing.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/blinking-leds-with-ras...

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Dive: A tool for exploring a Docker image, layer contents and more"

runfaster2000 — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:57:57 +0000

Dive is great. Tools like that are critical for both learning and developing confidence on what you are precisely building/shipping.

Dredge is another tool to look at. I use it for diffing layers.

https://github.com/mthalman/dredge/blob/main/docs/commands/i...

New comment by runfaster2000 in "What is .NET, and why should you choose it?"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:56:47 +0000

Would love to follow up with you to learn more about your deployment. Info in profile.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "What is .NET, and why should you choose it?"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:44:25 +0000

Would love to heard more about that! That sounds like a great win. Contact info is in my profile.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "What is .NET, and why should you choose it?"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:37:46 +0000

The bulleted list in the design point section is intended as a high-level summary. We may do another post later that is part-way between the bulleted list and the post as a whole. Perhaps that would be the last post in the series.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "What is .NET, and why should you choose it?"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 18:21:18 +0000

Post author here -- There are lots of resources for teams within Microsoft. Please reach out and we can help you speed up that process. Contact info in my profile.

We work super closely with teams and often post about their fine work and even finer results on our blog.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/category/developer-sto...

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Mold linker may switch to a source-available license"

runfaster2000 — Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:35:12 +0000

Do you have an example of that? That is really interesting.

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:45:02 +0000

Context: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dotnet6/+bug/19844...

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:10:02 +0000

Anyone notice the part of the announcement about Chiseled Ubuntu Containers?

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:54:27 +0000

We started with Red Hat. They were our .NET Core 1.0 launch partner (and remain a very close partner). You can run Red Hat on-prem or in the cloud (obviously).

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:52:10 +0000

We maintain container images for both Linux and Windows. I can tell you that they both get a LOT of use (>10M pulls/month). .NET is very much a cross-platform app stack. Also, we get plenty of bug reports on Linux (which we diligently fix). The days of .NET being Windows-only (and closed source) are long over.

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:45:31 +0000

Folks are working on FreeBSD support: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/71486

New comment by runfaster2000 in ".NET 6 is now in Ubuntu 22.04"

runfaster2000 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:43:09 +0000

Fedora and Red Hat have offered .NET packages for years. We've worked very closely with those folks and they've taught us a lot about how to work collaboratively with distro maintainers. We meet with them weekly. Notice that Fedora is mentioned in the blog post and here: https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/linux#officia....

Also notice that our default build instructions are for Fedora: https://github.com/dotnet/installer#building.

I'm the post author.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "The Machine Stops (1909) [pdf]"

runfaster2000 — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:49:43 +0000

Big fan of this book. It's incredibly forward-thinking and can be read in an evening. Absolutely recommended if you have not read it.

New comment by runfaster2000 in "Ursula Le Guin Books"

runfaster2000 — Sat, 08 May 2021 16:20:56 +0000

I've read that one. It's good, but not nearly as good as her other writing. I'm always torn by whether I like the earthsea or Hainish series better. She also has many wondering short stories, some of which borrow from her longer works.