In Part 1 I brought up all the weirdness of GetAddrInfo(). Things like the fact that it’s way more complex than I anticipated and that there are bunch of input parameters that I couldn’t decipher. I also mentioned that behavior of itself is a bit weird, to say at least. And that’s what I’m going […]
The Dark Hole of GetAddrInfo() – Part 1
I just can’t skip the theatricals, so I’ll open up this article with them as well. It all really started with a rather simple-stupid repair item I kept in a backlog. We have some network calls that occasionally fail and we agreed that it’d be useful to have the IP address along with the hostname […]
Attaching debugger immediately after process starts – Part 5
Last time we discussed DLL injection and using DLL code to suspend all threads in process for 20 secs, giving you enough time to attach with debugger. This time I’m going to share something different that I played with during the weekend – writing your own “debugger”. But that requires a bit of a backstory. […]
Attaching debugger immediately after process starts – Part 4
Last time we discussed possibility of using CDB and starting a Server so that other debugger can attach. This time I’m going to discuss something that I’d probably refer to as “flexing”, simply because it’s probably not something that you’d want to do if all you need is to attach to process immediately (as a […]
Attaching debugger immediately after process starts – Part 3
Part 1 discussed the simplest way of just using GFlags and Debugger path. And if you’re new to these series of articles, I’d advise you to start there. Part 2 touched a bit on the topic of debugging processes started under different account (e.g. SYSTEM), where I suggested to just increase the SUSPEND counter on […]
Attaching debugger immediately after process starts – Part 2
In Part 1 I discussed a very simple and friendly way — just use GFlags to do it. And in all honesty, that probably should be your preferred option, unless you can start the process by yourself, in which case you don’t need these post series anyway 🙂 NOTE: Here are direct links to previous […]
Attaching debugger immediately after process starts – Part 1
Alright, for those who don’t want to read my intro fart-outs, feel free to jump directly to “how to” section. For those who want to know the full story – read on. NOTE: I also published – Part 2, Part 3. and Part 4 First things first – WTF happened with my writings and why […]
Working in Microsoft Dev Center Serbia (MDCS) is freaking awesome
DISCLAIMER: This article has been written by myself and myself only, and content outlined in no way represents any of the views or opinions of my employer. You know, I’m working in the Azure SQL department (which pretty much fulfilled my dream of building a database) and, interestingly enough, the most common question I get […]
On Writing
People assume that I love writing. That’s fair. I used to write a lot in the past and these days I’m really trying to scribble stuff down whenever I have some free minutes. Makes sense to assume that I just love doing it, because why bother otherwise? Truth is — I hate writing. Hate it. […]
Lessons learned from traveling with a baby / toddler
This article has been in making since our very first travel when our little guy was 3 months old, which is when we went for the first longer travel. He’s 18 months old now (year and a half for those who hate month notation) and we did a fair bit of moving around, both by […]