Implementing the .NET Profiling API in Rust
August 10, 2020
Implementing the .NET Profiling API in Rust

The .NET Profiling API is a mechanism exposed by the .NET runtime which allows an external library to hook into certain events such as garbage collection, jit compilation, and assembly loading.

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The Expression Problem in .NET
May 18, 2018
The Expression Problem in .NET

Background The expression problem is an ideal to strive towards in the design of programming languages. It is relevant when the data in your program can be represented as cases, with operations that operate on those cases. For example, say your data represents shapes....

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7 Ways to Create Sequences in Python
May 12, 2018
7 Ways to Create Sequences in Python

A sequence in mathematics, is a collection (like a set) of mathematical objects where the order of the objects is significant, and duplicate members of the collection are allowed. In computer science, we represent sequences as arrays, lists, streams, and a variety of other data structures. Creating sequences and operations on already existing sequences is at the core of many software applications.

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Fun Tricks with Mono.Cecil in F#
May 5, 2018
Fun Tricks with Mono.Cecil in F#

Static code analysis is the process of investigating the structure of a program without actually executing it (as opposed to things that happen at runtime like reflection, logging, running unit tests, or debugging). In this post, we'll be investigating interesting ways to leverage the Mono.Cecil library to analyze .NET projects.

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