C# - Make project build depend upon another project without creating a reference to a DLL
I recently wanted to create a dependency between two projects, so that I could control the build order. I knew how to do this easily through »
C# - DateTimeOffset versus DateTime, why use offsets?
DateTime and DatimeTimeOffset are very much alike. They both consist of a date and a time, however a DateTimeOffset also has an offset, which defines an »
What are the `` symbols (back tick) in javascript? and what does the following ${something} do?
The `` signs are used to create templates, they have the fitting name "template literals". These are used to make it more simple to create »
How to get Gothic 1 from steam to work
For nostalgic reasons I recently bought Gothic 1 and 2 on steam. However I had some initial issues playing Gothic 1. I did the following to »
Great must-read programming books for developers that you should read in 2019
As I have done for the past 3 years, I will again this year create a list of my favourite books on software development. As seen »
Aspects about Scrum that I dislike and bad implementations of it
I have recently written two posts on Scrum. The first one was on mistakes I had seen people make when practicing scrum. The other was about »
Mocks vs stubs, the pros and cons of frameworks vs implementations
I will go right to the point here. In the title I have used the term "stub" in it's broad sense. What I really »
C# - Structs vs classes (reference vs value type) and when to use what
I never use structs - there I have said it. Not because I don't like them or feel they have no use, but I have rarely »
C# - What does boxing and unboxing mean?
In this blogpost I will try to make a simple to understand description and example of boxing and unboxing. In order to understand what boxing and »
C# - What is the difference between threads and tasks?
I had a discussion a couple of weeks ago about tasks and threads. It occurred to me that I had rarely (never?) used threads and only »