Fixing a .NET P/Invoke issue on Apple Silicon – including a tangle with Xcode
I have a bridge platform (yes the game) written in C# which I am gradually improving. Like many bridge applications it makes use of the open source double dummy solver (DDS) by Bo Haglund and Soren Hein. My own project started out on Windows and is deployed to Linux (on Azure) but I now develop … Continue reading Fixing a .NET P/Invoke issue on Apple Silicon – including a tangle with Xcode
Amazon Linux 2023: designed to be disposable
Amazon Linux 2023 is the default for Linux VMs on AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud). Should you use it? It is a DevOps choice; the main reason why you might use it is that it feels like playing safe. AWS support will understand it, it should be performance-optimised for EC2; it should work smoothly with … Continue reading Amazon Linux 2023: designed to be disposable
Amazon Linux 2023 on Hyper-V
Amazon Linux 2023 came out in March 2023, somewhat late as it was originally called Amazon Linux 2022. It took even longer to provide images for running it outside AWS, but these did eventually arrive – but only for VMWare and KVM, even though old Amazon Linux 2 does have a Hyper-V image. Update: Hyper-V … Continue reading Amazon Linux 2023 on Hyper-V
New Outlook confusion as connection to Exchange Online or Business Basic mailboxes blocked “due to the license provided by your work or school”
What Microsoft gives with one hand, it removes with the other; or so it seemed for users of paid Exchange Online accounts when the company said that “for years, Windows has offered the Mail and Calendar apps for all to use. Now Windows is bringing innovative features and configurations of the Microsoft Outlook app and … Continue reading New Outlook confusion as connection to Exchange Online or Business Basic mailboxes blocked “due to the license provided by your work or school”
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