Category Archives: tech

Ugh, pimpl makes things WORSE, not better. I can’t complete on the pimpl struct at all when implementing class methods that use it — and often not anywhere after that either. Man, what a terrible IDE.

Ok, the title might be a slightly rhetorical question: I’m writing an application in C++ using VStudio.NET and Windows XP. The application asserts an error, I choose to examine it under a debugger, I fix the error, stop the application, … Continue reading →

Ok, after reading up on PIMPL, that would happen to take care of this particular complaint. However, in general, C++ tools just aren’t context-sensitive-aware enough, yet. I’d like to, on the one hand, not complete on things I haven’t included; … Continue reading →

Ok, I understand that C++ is hard to parse and so a C++ IDE can’t be as slick as, say, IntelliJ. (Yes, IntelliJ is the gold standard for language-specific programming editors. If you’re coding in java with any other IDE, … Continue reading →

So, I just got back from lunch. In my systray, there is an icon bearing the microsoft office logo. First, I hover: it says: “Microsoft Office Customer Experience Improvement Program” Hmm, I remember something like that popping up a couple … Continue reading →

As long as I’m here – MAKEINTRESOURCE() has to be the most rediculous fucking thing ever. What the hell were you people thinking? Seriously?

After about a year and a half of doing pretty much pure java (though also some time on wx4j (a Java binding for a C++ GUI toolkit), I started a new job doing primarily C++ development. It’s also win32 instead … Continue reading →

No really, it seems like I’m going to have lots of stuff to bitch about with windows. I already have a pretty good rant worked up on what a gigantic motherfucking pain in the ass it is to use MSXML … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, I was young and foolish and ignorant, and writing some code in Visual Basic. (Visual Basic 3. In 1994. Get off my back.) I learned that many people used this weird convention, where, say, a text … Continue reading →

Just as a warning — I just started a new day job, which involves lots of Win32 development, so I imagine I’ll be blogging all kind of useful links for Win32 development, which will make many of you vomit. Don’t … Continue reading →