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Posts from November 2025 (4)

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2025-11-25 7:12 a.m.
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Koskila
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Windows Juggernaut vs. a Cheap Mac: Speed Comparison

Ever wondered if shelling out for a top-tier Windows laptop really delivers the bang for your buck in development speed, or if a budget Mac mini could punch above its weight? Stop wondering, and start reading, because I've got the answers for you. As someone who's juggled both - a 4000 USD developer laptop (Dell XPS 14 with insane specs) and a 750 USD Mac mini that cost a fraction - I put them head-to-head in build speed tests.

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2025-11-18 3:46 a.m.
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Koskila
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How to fix a ReFS Dev Drive on Windows?

Ever tried editing a file on your ReFS Dev Drive only to get "This media is write-protected" or "unexpected error code 19"? Welcome to the non-deterministic future of operating systems, where a sneaky update or a rogue policy can all but brick your drive - while tools like diskpart and chkdsk claim there's nothing wrong. Buckle up for the failures: takeown/icacls flops, registry tweaks do nothing, and ReFS's locked metadata mocks NTFS fixes. The real culprit?

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2025-11-11 2:27 p.m.
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koskila
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How to make Blazor Static support trailing slashes in URLs?

Oh, Blazor Static - the dazzling, lightning-fast static site generator that turns your Blazor components into HTML gold. One of the rare pieces of tech that makes me happy day after day that I'm using it for my static sites. Too bad it's a real diva when it comes to URLs! Stubborn enough to refuse to serve /about/ when /about works just fine. And sure - it's not really the library's fault. There is no server-side routing to handle the redirection between the two URL styles.

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2025-11-04 8:10 p.m.
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Koskila
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Using *instructions.md to encourage GitHub Copilot to behave

Ever wished GitHub Copilot could read your mind (or at least your repository's README)? You're not alone - it's time to turn your AI assistant into a well-behaved coding partner, who actually does what you want. Say "NO!" to more random changes and weird side paths. Let's learn how to customize Copilot's behavior so it aligns with your project's quirks and keeps the code fresh.

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