Disk space for Windows developers

While I gladly finished my Windows development detour a while ago, it can't hurt to share some stuff. It always puzzled me how fast gigabytes of disk space disappear through ordinary Windows usage as a developer. So here's my non-exhaustive list of places to reclaim disk space: Temp folders Windows has plenty of them. In …

Lync on Mac / Linux

Some of us have to work in a Windows environment at work. Often enough, people use Microsoft Lync to communicate. It is available for other platforms but that doesn't make it any better. On Mac OS, the most viable instant messenger (IM) option is Adium. It turns out there is a SIPE plugin available for …

Fixing Steam on Linux OpenGL GLX warning

In some cases, Steam on Linux greets your with an error dialog stating: OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems This is because Steam ships copies of several system libraries which may interfere with other libraries on your system that it doesn't replace. This can easily be fixed. Just …

Windows Command Line and Copy-Paste

Using Copy-Paste in the Windows Command Line isn't straightforward by default. To paste anything, you have to right-click to open up the context dialog and click insert (or "Einfügen" in German J): However, the Command Line does have some semi-hidden settings which can simplify things. You have to right-click the cmd.exe window title and enter …

Visual Studio C# Block Outlining

The C# editor in Visual Studio supports collapsing/expanding namespaces, classes and methods (aka the outlining feature).  Unlike the C++ editor, it doesn't allow to collapse blocks (everything with braces, such as if/else, using, switch, etc.). However, you can retrofit this feature with the C# Outline 2013 extension. Installation Navigate to Tools -> Extensions and Updates …

Git with Synology DiskStation

When developing private software projects, you not always want to push it to Github right away if you've got the hopes to make some bits of money out of it, right? But just keeping your Git repository on your local disk isn't the best choice either. If you happen to have a server at home, …

BitTorrent Sync on openSUSE

Recently, I discovered BitTorrent Sync, which seems to satisfy most of my file syncing demands. It's encrypted client-side, cross-platform and works behind NATs and firewalls. While it is currently still proprietary (who cares, really), it is available for many devices. Besides the usual Windows / Mac binaries, you can find it on Android's Play Store. …