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A Tour of the .NET Functions Framework – Jon Skeet’s coding blog

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/16

From a long time ago, but forgot to queue it because I bumped into it in the midst of my cancer treatments when my memory and executive functions were hardly existent:

https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2020/10/23/a-tour-of-the-net-functions-framework/

Via [Wayback/Archive] Tweet:

Blogged: a tour of the .NET Functions Framework – https://t.co/5xpjNyux5q So excited to write this post – I’ve really enjoyed working on this framework, and I’m really looking forward to getting feedback.

--jeroen

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b0rk (Julia Evans) on Twitter: “integer overflow”

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/16

Even seemingly simple data structures are worth explaining, especially when debugging. So I was glad with the explanation of [Wayback/Archive] Julia Evans on Twitter: “integer overflow”:

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The confusing case of two Android “NFC TagInfo” apps

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/15

For a long time, I had an “NFC TagInfo” app on my phone. It worked well, and combined simplicity with straightforward easy use.

To my dismay, when upgrading to a new phone, the icon had been copied over, but the app was unavailable as per the cropped¹ image on the right.

The important message there was “Your device isn’t compatible with this version” which, as I quickly discovered, means “This app has not been updated to be compatible with the Android version you run” (without telling up until which Android version it would run on).

What I however initially missed on the screenshot was the [Wayback/Archive] Michael Roland bit (this is his Stack Overflow profile link where he, as on [Wayback/Archive] User Michael Roland – Stack Exchange, explicitly mentions [Wayback/Archive] NFC TagInfo – Apps on Google Play²).

However, when you search you get another NFC TagInfo app: NFC TagInfo by NXP.

The confusing bit

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skia4delphi/skia4delphi: Skia4Delphi is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for Delphi platforms based on Google’s Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/15

This is a cool library which I missed when it was introduced while recovering from my extensive cancer treatments:

[Wayback/Archive] skia4delphi/skia4delphi: Skia4Delphi is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for Delphi platforms based on Google’s Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.

Skia4Delphi is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for Delphi based on Google’s Skia graphics library.

The foundation is the cross platform Google 2D Skia Graphics Engine:

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From 2023: It’s Time For A Change: datetime.utcnow() Is Now Deprecated – miguelgrinberg.com

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/14

I forgot how I bumped into this, but a while ago I found this interesting 2023 post: [Wayback/Archive] It’s Time For A Change: datetime.utcnow() Is Now Deprecated – miguelgrinberg.com explaining naive (without time zone) and aware (with time zone) date time objects.

It reminded me of Delphi, where NowUTC – as Delphi does have neither naive or aware date time objects – returns  a floating point value (yes, it has a separate TDateTime type, but it represents the number of days that have passed since December 30, 1899 which in face stems from the Windows OLE Automation era* (OLE Automation is a subset of COM), see [Wayback/Archive] DateTime.ToOADate Method (System) | Microsoft Learn.

That method is mentioned in [Wayback/Archive] Why You Should Use NowUTC Instead of Now in Delphi: A Quick Guide – YouTube and Delphi deserves a way better infrastructure of date and time handling.

So this post is also a reminder to myself: figure out if there is an object oriented DateTime library for Delphi yet, and if not see if there is interest to create one similar to [Wayback/Archive] Noda Time | Date and time API for .NET by Jon Skeet.

Delphi references

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Algorism and algorithm are named after Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, founder of algebra (via @annefleurdd)

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/14

I was in my 50s when I learned that both algorism and algorithm are named after the 9th-century Persian mathematician Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who founded algebra.

Related:

Via:

–jeroen

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ibm midrange – Syntax higlighters for RPG And CLP that generate HTML and/or RTF? – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/09

In case I ever need this for the future: [Wayback/Archive] ibm midrange – Syntax higlighters for RPG And CLP that generate HTML and/or RTF? – Stack Overflow

Thanks [Wayback/Archive] aaronbartell and [Wayback/Archive] Mike Wills for your answers there.

Oh, an if you wonder what these ancient abbreviations mean:

--jeroen

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auroraoss.com: AuroraStore can help to bypass Google Play Store region blocks

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/09

[Wayback/Archive] auroraoss.com

Via:

–jeroen

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Rudimentary DaynaPORT packet driver to use WiFi from DOS using BlueSCSI: GitHub – cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/08

Despite beta or early alpha quality [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver by by [Wayback/Archive] RetroTech Chris – YouTube is very cool.

Main source: [Wayback/Archive] daynaport-dos-packet-driver/src/dayna.c at main · cml37/daynaport-dos-packet-driver · GitHub

Related:

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HSTS Preload List Submission

Posted by jpluimers on 2025/10/08

[Wayback/Archive] HSTS Preload List Submission

Sources:

Via

–jeroen

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