One of my favorite new features in C# 4.0 is the dynamic keyword. Not only does it allow you to do freaky things with interactions between C# and scripting languages like IronRuby, but it opens up one of my favorite features from that language – Duck...

I’ve recently started looking into Infer.NET – I’m trying to learn some Bayesian inference, and it seems like a good tool for the job (I’m a bear of little brain, and need all the help I can get). However, it’s an exciting library, so I’ve been playing...

So it’s been some time since I updated this blog, and I thought I’d explain why just on the off-chance folks are actually reading. My wife and I just bought a new house (well, town-house, we are in Seattle), and that took (and is still taking) a lot of...

I’ve been meaning to write a post on how to author custom Powershell Cmdlets for some time now, as it’s incredibly easy to do and makes an awesome cmd shell even better. I’m still more comfortable in tcsh, but for working in Windows, Powershell makes...

I’m probably late to the party here (I’ve been in C#-land lately), but I think I’ve finally worked out what irks me about the Checked vs. Unchecked Exception religious war in the Java world. I’ve always been on the Checked side of the fence, but lately...

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this - from PMs, dev leads, and colleagues. Other than the use of the “word” performant, what bugs me about this is that usually they don’t have any data (or current data) to back it up. Coming from the Java...

Hello all, and welcome to A Polyglot’s Tales. I’m starting up this blog mostly as my own personal dumping ground for any useful information that I need to archive, but also feel might be useful to the community. I’ve been a C++/Java developer on *nix...