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Using IValueConverter in WinRT from C++

Google's performance analysis comparing C++, Java, Scala and Go

Very high cpu usage when using the ADO.Net Data Services Client or Azure StorageClient to access Windows Azure Diagnostics performance counter data

Investigation of unexpected high CPU usage.

An unexpected issue with the Azure StorageClient and continuation tokens.

The Azure StorageClient doesn't always seem to deal with continuation tokens transparently.

PDC 2009: Inside the Windows Azure container.

Pictures of an Azure container, and how it is cooled.

Hosting images via the Windows Azure Content Delivery Network

A practical example of how the effects of hosting images via the Windows Azure CDN

Arrived in LA for the 2009 PDC

To Los Angeles by TGV (at least the first few hundred kilometers)

We are now live on Windows Azure.

The IConstructions web site has now been migrated to Windows Azure.

Preparing for the PDC.

I'm preparing for the PDC.

Succeeded in 70-502 exam.

Last Friday, I succeeded in the '70-502' exam (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Presentation Foundation Application Development).

PDC 2008 Here I come

Microsoft PDC 2008: I'll be there.

SEO improvements

We updated the site to get better search results.

Code master challenge, 1 year later

This is what remains of the Code Master Challenge.

Building a silent server (again)

Building a silent server that cat run lots of virtual servers with only 35 Watt idle power consumption!

Semi-Finalist Codemaster Challenge

I'm a semi-finalist of the Code Master Challenge!

Announcing Blogoholic.

Announcing Blogoholic, a WPF based blog reader.

Make your blog discoverable in Internet Explorer 7.

Internet Explorer 7 just requires an extra metatag of type `application/rss+xml`

Databinding a position in Avalon.

How to databind a position on a Canvas in Avalon

URL Deployment performance issues

This article discusses a number of performance issues with URL deployment, and how to solve these issues.

URL Deployment bloopers.

What went wrong building the URL deployment test application.

Experimenting with assembly load time.

When is an assembly loaded?

I'll be there

PDC 2005, here I come

Hello World

Nico Vuyge is a freelance software developer in East-Flanders (Belgium), specializing in Microsoft technologies. Nico has fully embraced managed software development in C# after a decade of software development in the unmanaged world in C++.
Apart from his interests in state-of-the-art managed software development, he is also interested in the hardware aspects of informatics, in particular performance and silent computing related aspects. For more details, see our company history , or contact him directly at nicov@iconstructions.be.