This is a great article, Pete. I also love to tinker with software "just because I can". I'd recommend new Computer Science students to do the same thing and learn about the underlying systems and what not to do. For example, some apps on Windows properly use the /AppData dir for temp files while I've seen others use /ProgramFiles, the registry, or a separate .hidden file for user credentials, thinking its safe from other users. Surprise, its not.
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This is a great article, Pete. I also love to tinker with software "just because I can". I'd recommend new Computer Science students to do the same thing and learn about the underlying systems and what not to do. For example, some apps on Windows properly use the /AppData dir for temp files while I've seen others use /ProgramFiles, the registry, or a separate .hidden file for user credentials, thinking its safe from other users. Surprise, its not.