If your source code is a trade secret, then make sure that employees and management knows that too…

When management tries to save money, and there are no formal policies and procedures, then don’t get surprised when data leaks occur… Ungrounded Lightning shares the following story at Slashdot. Reminds me of story about a graphics chip company I’ll leave the company name out (mostly to protect my source B-) ) This was in …

How to save / receive jpg image or any binary data in C# Web Api 2

Searched all through the web for a simple way to save / receive binary data or image file using Web Api 2. Solutions range from very complex to complex: using JSON (30% overhead?) BSON (looks nice, but not widely supported – bsonspec.org) Multipart MIME (why multi-part, if we have only one file?) Complex Web Api …

No more sense to keep all these MSDN disks

I have several active Microsoft MSDN licenses / subscriptions, and the oldest one comes with the biggest MSDN disc collection (more than 1500 CDs and DVDs). The 2015 is the year when the Cloud has won. Disks are going to recycling plant, and I am left with a small virtual .iso collection, and big collection …