F = T ∇ Sτ

C printf() function doesn't flush buffers by default, and a lot of code using it may miss this, therefore creating interactivity problems to the end user. It's not specific to C though - it's about the standard I/O streams, and the problem may appear anywhere. The post is based on StackExchange discussion, so you can dig deeper if you want: Turn off buffering in pipe.

Xcode build locations may mislead developers hoping to fully control the output of the IDE. While we can use CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR for the xcodebuild tool during continuous integration, IDE generates files in different locations, and sometimes we want to control it too.

Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/grammar-checker/

This is a maintenance release that has fixed the compatibility issues with the LanguageTool API v2 (the current one) and the new Thunderbird API. No functionality has been added, but now the add-on actually works.

Development of the add-on have been moved to Github: https://github.com/nuald/thb-gramchecker

Unfortunately, I can't actively maintain the add-on, but all pull requests are welcomed.

Android build toolchain, albeit being powerful, sometimes lacks some essential functionality required for the modern software development. In particular, running instrumented unit-tests in the CI environment: those tests require a device or a simulator running, however developers need some scripting to make it work.

To simplify the task, I've created a Gradle task that verifies if any Android device or simulator is connected. If not, the task launches a simulator with the first AVD in the list (or fails if no AVDs are found). It's up to you to make the dependencies for the connectedCheck task. The sample output:

> ./gradlew connect --info

...

:AndroidSampleApp:connect (Thread[main,5,main]) started.
:AndroidSampleApp:connect
Executing task ':AndroidSampleApp:connect' (up-to-date check took 0.001 secs) due to:
  Task has not declared any outputs.
Detecting devices...
Launching emulator for Nexus_5_API_25 ...
:AndroidSampleApp:connect (Thread[main,5,main]) completed. Took 14.18…