Grant Winney

I write when I've got something to share - a personal project, a solution to a difficult problem, or just an idea. We learn by doing and sharing. We've all got something to contribute.

Articles of Grant Winney

legacy web

Jul 2, 2022

Legacy web, fast food edition

The early web was a weird, wild, fairly ugly place. Thanks to The Wayback Machine, we can still check them out, so... let's do that.

surviving winforms winforms web design cefsharp cef

Jun 28, 2022

Hosting a simple webpage in WinForms with CEFSharp

WinForms and the web. Like oil and water, they don't mix well. But with CEFSharp, they mix a LOT better. Let's check it out.

azure devops devops levelup

Jun 23, 2022

ESI: An Intro to Azure DevOps

For the next few weeks, I'd like to write a few blog posts as I go through the Enterprise Skills

legacy internet explorer

Jun 22, 2022

Ding dong, IE is dead (sorta)

Last week, Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer, nearly 27 years after its release in 1995. What else was Microsoft up to in the 90s?

reflection code merge

Jun 19, 2022

Every process, every person, every thing - a work in progress

As I sit here at the week end, chilling with some good mead, I'm wondering if the days leading up to a production release ever go smoothly?

Jun 15, 2022

Dish sucks, but porting your number doesn't (who knew)

Gotta love it when a large company buys a small competitor and drives it into the ground. Not everyone can do that, but Dish is up to the challenge.

browser extension google chromium standards dev question

Jun 6, 2022

What is Manifest V3 and why is Google pestering me about it?

If you've ever dug into the underpinnings of a browser extension, or maybe even created one yourself, you've seen the

digital detox gamification

Feb 26, 2022

Duolingo, now with 100% less gamification

Like Duolingo, but not a fan of all the gamification? You can change it, and it's not even hard. Let's see how.

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