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As described in one of my previous posts, being a system administrator in the IT business world is not like to supervise an assembly line. A software development factory or a data center offering IT services are very complex systems with many unpredictable events to manage and control. In my […]

Being a Facilitator of Chaos

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In a comment on Google+ to my previous post The Size Of Strings, my colleague Lee Berg asked: Other than sizeof(), what is the best way to ensure a safe implementation? This is a damn good question because a built-in function to retrieve the size of the memory allocated is […]

The Size Of Allocated Memory

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Apple has allegedly been working on its own version of the electric/autonomous car for the past few years. Unfortunately, ‘Project Titan’ leader, Steve Zadesky is leaving the company for personal reasons according to the WSJ. Zadesky, a 16-year veteran of the company, worked on the iPhone and iPod before taking […]

WSJ: Apple’s ‘Titan’ car project loses its leader