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

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  • Low hanging fruit

    Posted on August 3, 2024

    In our garden, there are two cherry trees. One has sweet cherries, the other sour cherries. One of my activities this summer was to pick those cherries and cook jam. While in one of the trees, I somehow started to wonder why I am spending my time on this: The... [Read More]

  • Get Shit Done

    Posted on July 27, 2024

    When I applied to Unity, I had two interviews with Joachim Ante (who is very good at getting things done, by the way) for a position on his team. I specifically recall him saying that he was looking for someone that could “get shit done.” This was never something that... [Read More]

  • Programming Stamina

    Posted on July 21, 2024

    Whenever I look back at “proper” software I have created by myself (my solo-games, or some larger tools) I am in disbelief that I ever managed to build them at all. Of course, the trick to building something like that is to take one step at a time: Nobody builds... [Read More]

  • So there's also GetFileInformationByHandleEx

    Posted on June 26, 2024

    I somehow stumbled into the niche of “how to enumerate files on Windows.” Let’s take a moment to regret my life choices together, before we return to our scheduled program of “yet another API I didn’t know about.” Jokes aside, I mentioned last time that writing is a great way... [Read More]

  • How to use NtQueryDirectoryFileEx instead of FindFirstFile

    Posted on June 24, 2024

    I recently covered FIND_FIRST_EX_LARGE_FETCH for FindFirstFileExW, which instructs the function to use a larger buffer for listing (or searching) files in a directory, thus saving on expensive trips down to the I/O device. Before I could even fully articulate the thought that it ought to be possible to control the... [Read More]