Randon ASCII

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The behavior of the Windows scheduler changed significantly in Windows 10 2004, in a way that will break a few applications, and there appears to have been no announcement, and the documentation has not been updated. First, a bit of operating-system design context. Timer interrupts and their raison d’être. Decades of madness.

Programming 145

Programming Games Hardware Operating System 145

Brendan Gregg

MARCH 16, 2024

As my former Sun Microsystems colleague Eric Schrock (nickname Schrock) wrote in November 2004 : "On i386, you at least had the advantage of increasing the number of usable registers by 20%. The overhead to walk DWARF is also too high, as it was designed for non-realtime use. Adding anything will cause the same effect.

Java 137

Java Cache Google Hardware 137

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

” Quality assurance (QA) is defined as: “A program for the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service, or facility to ensure that standards of quality are being met.” — “ Quality assurance ,” Merriam-Webster. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. More after jump!

Automotive 144

Automotive Website Social Media Design 144

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Email Newsletter with useful tips on front-end, design & UX. Subscribe and get “Smart Interface Design Checklists” — a free PDF deck with 150+ questions to ask yourself when designing and building almost anything. It was developed in 2004. More after jump!

Testing 117

Testing Network Website Google 117

Sutter's Mill

JANUARY 11, 2021

An assertion documents the expected state of specific program variables at the point where the assertion is written, in a testable way so that we can find program bugs — logic errors that have led to corrupted program state. Assertions are only about finding bugs, not doing program work.

C++ 81

C++ Programming Code Testing 81

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Piecing together a website using a WYSIWYG editor and seeing the code it generated was a fascinating and educational experience that sparked an initial interest in web design. In Designing The Perfect Navigation , Vitaly will explore 100s of practical examples of better mega-dropdowns , hamburgers, carousels, modals and filters.

Ecommerce 142

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 142

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Selenium , the first tool for automated browser testing (2004), could be programmed to find fields on a web page, click on them or insert text, click “submit,” scrape the resulting web page, and collect results. You analyze what your staff does to process an invoice, and then design a system to perform that process.

Games 141

Games Healthcare Processing Systems 141