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up until a year ago: me
now, it's all REST
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Is that a well deserved rest or is that still to come?
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I have been for the past year. Before that, I wrote software for the Microsoft Hololens and back-end services for the military.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others.
Same thing when you are stupid.
modified 19-Nov-21 21:01pm.
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This questions comes up all the time.
Right now I'm working on a WPF app for a medical device. Before that I did a WPF app for automotive diagnostics. Before that a WPF app for the chiropractic industry. Before that a WPF for the construction industry, before that....
... and on and on and on...
For 30+ years I've been doing desktop apps. There still are and always will be desktop apps. Some apps have no reason to be and never will be web apps.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Our legacy systems more than a couple years old are predominantly desktop, and they still need maintaining.
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Seems like you meant to post this in the Lounge, not Insider News. Been there, done that. 
As to your question, I am currently coding projects in/with/for/on:
ASP.NET/Razor
Misc web applications (my own back-end server and a few 3rd party Javascript client frameworks)
Desktop utilities in C#
Server-side DLL plugins / WCF
WPF desktop app
WinForm (using DevExpress) desktop apps
Beaglebone Single Board Computer in Python
It's interesting when I list that, as I often enough touch every one of those projects in a single day. So, "predominantly" doesn't really exist for me, it's pretty much all over the map.
Marc
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Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny
Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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Yeah but there probably aren't many who over achieve like you do.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If by desktop you include 'a Windows based interface in a Type 35 frigate' then yes, thats where my drivers are going.
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indeed I do, you Able Seaman!
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Aye aye!
(They are also going into financial houses in the UK and US. )
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A survey reveals a deep divide between developer aspirations for security and organizational practices. Do as we say, not do as we do?
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He didn't mention the #1 reason that it all goes undone:
Quote: Booooorrr-rrrrrrrrinnnngggggg
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It's more like do what we say we want to do, not what we are given time and resources to do. In other words, a lot of that falls on the deaf ears of management. Some of them realize that it needs to be done, few actually get behind it and make it happen. Things like that have to be done in spite of management. At least, that's been my experience. They seem to have the attitude that it's never been a problem for us in the past so why should we worry about it now?
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It's the kind of thing that needs a "champion", within an organisation.
The rest of us are just too damned busy with the other things we're championing.
If you find one of those guys, send him my way.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Remote management features that have shipped with Intel processors for almost a decade contain a critical flaw that gives attackers full control over the computers that run on vulnerable networks. That's according to an advisory published Monday afternoon by Intel. Fortunately, no one uses those chips
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A "critical flaw" that is, for the most part, prevented from being exploited by a whole pile of other security measures.
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Hi Rick,
Not sure why you felt the need to downplay this security issue. I refrained from replying initially... and decided to wait until this thread left the front page.
If you have a recent Intel processor[^]... there is a second ARC SoC[^] on the chip running the ThreadX operating system[^].
As it turns out... all you need to do is pass a NULL hash in the HTTP authentication header[^] to gain complete control of any machine on the network managed via AMT.
Let me put this into perspective... Microsoft[^], Google and thousands of other companies are utilizing Intel AMT[^] on some employee devices... including R&D software engineers. Someone could walk into the guest lobby... connect to the guest WiFi and potentially connect to any AMT enabled device on the network and clone the hard drives. AMT enabled devices listen on port 16992 and this port is generally whitelisted to allow system administrators access to employee machines on all networks.
Best Wishes,
-David Delaune
modified 6-May-17 2:33am.
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What are tech workers' heart's desires? Consider how many of them you could implement in your shop, and make the staff's dreams come true. "I hope I die before I get old"
Yeah, too late.
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Microsoft announced a new code-builder addition to Minecraft: Education Edition, meant to help students learn coding skills through the popular game. I'd make a 'code block' joke, but that would be lame
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“Everything that runs on Windows 10 S is downloaded from the Windows Store,” says Microsoft’s Windows chief Terry Myerson. Just don't call it Windows RT 2.0
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Windows 10 Store?
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: Windows 10 Store?
It's actually called the windows store, but there are only 10 apps worth downloading from it -- which no-one can find, anyway, because they're buried under the millions and millions of worthless apps.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Fixed that for you...
Sudden Sun Death Syndrome (SSDS) is a very real concern which we should be raising awareness of. 156 billion suns die every year before they're just 1 billion years old.
While the military are doing their part, it simply isn't enough to make the amount of nukes needed to save those poor stars. - TWI2T3D (Reddit)
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Y'know, I can't help but wonder how many people are wandering the halls of Redmond, fingering their prayer-beads, and muttering the mantra "Please let us call it windows 11. Please let us call it windows 11..."
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Sounds like a poor attempt to get people to write UWP apps.
i cri evry tiem
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