News
The largest Git repo on the planet
What's the largest Git repo on the planet? Why it's Microsoft's Windows repo of course - 3.5M files for about 300GB. Here's how Microsoft made it all work for its team of 4,000 engineers.
Code
CrossCutterN: A Light Weight AOP Tool for .NET
A free, light weight Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) tool for .Net allowing you to add cross cutting concerns after you build.
To box or not to Box? That is the question!
Take a deep dive into diagnosing and fixing memory allocations in a real world program caused by boxing.
Adding a new Bytecode Instruction to the CLR
Now that the CoreCLR is open-source we can do fun things, for instance find out if it’s possible to add new IL (Intermediate Language) instruction to the runtime. This post shows you how.
Tools
Migrating Legacy ASP.NET apps to Docker
An overview of how to port your ASP.Net web application to a Docker image on Windows.
Test
Test Doubles: Fakes, Mocks and Stubs
Michał Lipski teaches us the basics of Fakes, Mocks and Stubs and how they help us conquer TDD.
Security
HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road
Nick Craver takes us through the difficult path to getting Stack Overflow entirely onto HTTPS.