PowerShell Accidentally Created A Nice Configuration Format
Setting up my Windows PCs from scratch is a pain in the ass. I wanted to automate some of the mundane tasks and it turned out to be a…
Sedat Kapanoğlu
Self-taught software developer. Former engineer at Microsoft Windows Core OS Division. Author of the book Street Coder published by Manning Publications. Created Eksi Sozluk, the most popular Turkish social platform since 1999.
The Tablet That Has Never Been: Surface Pro 6
My personal experiences with Surface Pro 6
Operating Systems
Is Windows becoming more like Unix, or moving away from it?
This was my answer on Quora. I moved it here.
Why isn’t ‘nil’ treated as ‘false’ in Go?
Another day, another question got downvoted, closed, drawn and quartered by StackOverflow moderators for obscure reasons. So here I am…
.NET MVC Must Earn the Price We Pay
Note: This is an article I wrote back in 2016 but stayed in my drafts. Although .NET MVC Core is a significant leap from .NET MVC now, my…
Tabs vs Spaces: Towards a Better Bike Shed
Completely unbiased and objective review of using tabs vs spaces in programming, and why spaces are clearly superior.
How did I learn assembly?
This was my answer on Quora. I moved it here.
Trolls Don’t Exist
I’ve been part of online communities since BBS forums sprouted in Turkey back in the mid-90’s. The most popular one was called HitNet. It…
Avoid Leaking Your Identity with YubiKey
Using a U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) device is currently one of the most secure authentication methods available to end-users. Its advantage…
Are empty interfaces code smell?
I’m one of the earlier users of StackOverflow. Back in 2011, I asked a programming-related question there. Five years, fifty-three upvotes…
Operating Systems
What did Windows NT have when it came out that Unix hadn't?
This was my answer on Quora. I moved it here.