Operating Systems

Why are x86 and x64 named as such?

This is the slightly edited version of my answer on Quora from 2019.

A Critique of The Night King

WARNING: This article might contain spoilers from Season 8 Episode 3 of Game of Thrones.

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…

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…