Windows, vintage and contemporary OS
VS Code
VS Code is conceived as a JavaScript/TypeScript editor and React/Angular/Vue/<your tech here> software development IDE used by millions. And, millions know, millions are never wrong. Continue reading
Many times I have confidently started from this simple, effective, and resilient Technical Architecture (TA) for a production-ready, minimal cluster of servers. Most often acting as a server-side to some Web Applications.
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From the hardware to the front. With your responsibility to choose the right kind of everything? Continue reading
Update 2022 12 13
This is me thinking. Windows is UTF16 OS; why try to make it UTF8 OS? Just leave it alone and let it be wide-char OS.
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// this is WIN10 2022 Q4 #include <stdio.h> #include <io.h> #include <fcntl.h> #define specimen L"кошка 日本" void test_crash_console_output( void ) { // 2022-12-13 latest is: Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3.4 printf("n_MSC_FULL_VER: %dn", _MSC_FULL_VER); fflush(stdout); _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_U16TEXT); // use here printf(); and you will het what you // asked for, use wprinth and wide char // and all just works (dont forget the appropriate font) wprintf(L"%s", specimen); // back to the ANSI fflush(stdout); _setmode(_fileno(stdout), _O_TEXT); } int main (void){ test_crash_console_output(); return 42; } |
And all is dandy in the winland of sugar and candy …
Update 2018 12 07
The key problem, as explained here, is now acknowledged by Visual Studio / MSVC team. Please follow here.
Update 2018 12 05
Many thanks to many of you visiting this post every day. As a “reward”, I have made the small console app to help you set up your Windows console to show UTF-8 text properly.

This little program is, of course, free and you can download it (zipped) from here, straight away. Continue reading
One of the reasons why so many developers do not understand how the Windows Runtime works (other than looking into its documentation strangely sparse and overwhelming at the same time) is not just because the tooling and language “projections” obscure the underlying platform. No. The real reason is: there are no clear and detailed Windows 10 blueprints. Continue reading