I Once Appeared in The Old New Thing
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A developer shares a personal story about getting advice from Raymond Chen (author of The Old New Thing blog) while working on BitLocker at Microsoft. The challenge involved improving error messages by referencing C++ constants in message files, which Chen solved using the C preprocessor. Despite receiving expert guidance, the author chose not to implement the solution due to fear of breaking the complex Windows build system. The story reflects on the complexity of enterprise development environments and the trade-offs developers make when facing unfamiliar tooling.
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The problem I was trying to solve 🔗︎How Raymond Chen got involved 🔗︎Wasting Raymond Chen’s time 🔗︎I still wouldn’t know how to solve this today 🔗︎Sort: