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You have found my personal website.

I am Sebastian Schöner, and you are most likely here because you enjoy programming as well.

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  • Running out of memory

    Posted on February 1, 2024

    I have recently spent a good bit of time with code running inside a (Windows, for now) docker container that would really benefit from knowing how much more memory it can allocate. This question turned out to be more difficult than I thought it would be! This article is partially... [Read More]

  • 100 days of piano practice

    Posted on December 5, 2023

    For the last 100 days, I have been practicing the piano! Well, not quite: For the last 107 days, I have been practicing the piano, and I missed seven days due to sickness or sheer exhaustion. But that’s a good opportunity to reflect! [Read More]

  • Fun With Big PDBs

    Posted on November 26, 2023

    I recently had the pleasure to encounter problems related to PDBs (the sidecar file your compiler emits) becoming to big. This post shall document parts of the process, in the hopes that it is useful for someone. [Read More]

  • Debugging tools that I use

    Posted on October 28, 2023

    Someone asked me about my debugging progress. In particular, I had to debug a program recently for which I did not have any source available and they were curious how I approached that. I have spent years taking apart games, looking at disassembly, and trying to figure out why I... [Read More]

  • How to use CompileScore to reduce compilation times

    Posted on August 17, 2023

    CompileScore is a wonderful tool for profiling compile times. I have used it a bunch in the past and wanted to document how to use this tool. I hope to draw attention to the fact that this tool exists and that you should be using it. [Read More]