Larry Osterman
@larryosterman.github.io
Long term MSFT employee, Dad, Singer.
Expect cat pictures, tech nerding, etc.
Previous: SMB filesystem, Exchange Store, Windows Audio, Windows Runtime, COM, Confidential computing.
Current: Azure SDK for C++
Proud LGBTQIA+ ally.
Profile pic from Not
Expect cat pictures, tech nerding, etc.
Previous: SMB filesystem, Exchange Store, Windows Audio, Windows Runtime, COM, Confidential computing.
Current: Azure SDK for C++
Proud LGBTQIA+ ally.
Profile pic from Not
Reposted by Larry Osterman
🔔🎄 The Seattle Men’s Chorus rings in everyone’s favorite holiday tradition: seasonal classics, Christmas comedy, costumes, dancing and the gayest sing-along in Seattle. It’s the holliest, jolliest time of the year! ❄️
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🔔🎄 The Seattle Men’s Chorus rings in everyone’s favorite holiday tradition: seasonal classics, Christmas comedy, costumes, dancing and the gayest sing-along in Seattle. It’s the holliest, jolliest time of the year! ❄️
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
Reposted by Larry Osterman
Did you see Wicked: For Good this weekend?! 💚 If you were dying to sing along like us, then maybe you should audition to join Seattle Men’s Chorus! 😄
➡️ Auditions will be January 3 and 10, 2026, from 9am-2pm. More information: bit.ly/4eFkCsj
#JoinUs #Singing #Chorus #Seattle
➡️ Auditions will be January 3 and 10, 2026, from 9am-2pm. More information: bit.ly/4eFkCsj
#JoinUs #Singing #Chorus #Seattle
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Did you see Wicked: For Good this weekend?! 💚 If you were dying to sing along like us, then maybe you should audition to join Seattle Men’s Chorus! 😄
➡️ Auditions will be January 3 and 10, 2026, from 9am-2pm. More information: bit.ly/4eFkCsj
#JoinUs #Singing #Chorus #Seattle
➡️ Auditions will be January 3 and 10, 2026, from 9am-2pm. More information: bit.ly/4eFkCsj
#JoinUs #Singing #Chorus #Seattle
I love this show.
It's props time baby 😊
It's props time baby 😊
November 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I love this show.
It's props time baby 😊
It's props time baby 😊
Ios 26 has REALLY messed up bluesky because it thinks bsky is in a window.
There really needs to be an iPad version.....
There really needs to be an iPad version.....
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Ios 26 has REALLY messed up bluesky because it thinks bsky is in a window.
There really needs to be an iPad version.....
There really needs to be an iPad version.....
Valorie mentioned that Scot (the family friend) had made a youtube video about the design of these games.
Honestly, this seems so darned cool to me.
Honestly, this seems so darned cool to me.
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Valorie mentioned that Scot (the family friend) had made a youtube video about the design of these games.
Honestly, this seems so darned cool to me.
Honestly, this seems so darned cool to me.
Check out the Kickstarter for one of my family friends: Christmas Ornament Games - Garland Games by Jordan Goddard on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
Christmas Ornament Games - Garland Games
Custom Christmas ornaments that open up to reveal 6 different games!
www.kickstarter.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Check out the Kickstarter for one of my family friends: Christmas Ornament Games - Garland Games by Jordan Goddard on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ind...
Pumpkin Goblins
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Pumpkin Goblins
Last night at chorus rehearsal:
"I need you to bounce up and down during this song, except for this part where you need to be erect"
The chorus lost it.
One of my section mates: "After bouncing up and down, of COURSE we're going to be erect".
My chorus is a bunch of fully grown 12-year-olds. ❤️
"I need you to bounce up and down during this song, except for this part where you need to be erect"
The chorus lost it.
One of my section mates: "After bouncing up and down, of COURSE we're going to be erect".
My chorus is a bunch of fully grown 12-year-olds. ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Last night at chorus rehearsal:
"I need you to bounce up and down during this song, except for this part where you need to be erect"
The chorus lost it.
One of my section mates: "After bouncing up and down, of COURSE we're going to be erect".
My chorus is a bunch of fully grown 12-year-olds. ❤️
"I need you to bounce up and down during this song, except for this part where you need to be erect"
The chorus lost it.
One of my section mates: "After bouncing up and down, of COURSE we're going to be erect".
My chorus is a bunch of fully grown 12-year-olds. ❤️
Over the past couple of weeks, I've been building a threat model for an internal component.
Mostly me asking lots of questions, and getting great answers.
Today I discovered they disabled the component because while answering one of my questions they found a vulnerability in the component!
Mostly me asking lots of questions, and getting great answers.
Today I discovered they disabled the component because while answering one of my questions they found a vulnerability in the component!
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Over the past couple of weeks, I've been building a threat model for an internal component.
Mostly me asking lots of questions, and getting great answers.
Today I discovered they disabled the component because while answering one of my questions they found a vulnerability in the component!
Mostly me asking lots of questions, and getting great answers.
Today I discovered they disabled the component because while answering one of my questions they found a vulnerability in the component!
Reposted by Larry Osterman
Do people think the old docs or the new docs look better?
Old: github.com/Azure/azure-...
New: github.com/Azure/azure-...
The code to create a SecretClient in #rustlang is a little higher up in the README. This mirrors what most other #AzureSDK languages do while allowing us to compile snippets.
Old: github.com/Azure/azure-...
New: github.com/Azure/azure-...
The code to create a SecretClient in #rustlang is a little higher up in the README. This mirrors what most other #AzureSDK languages do while allowing us to compile snippets.
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Do people think the old docs or the new docs look better?
Old: github.com/Azure/azure-...
New: github.com/Azure/azure-...
The code to create a SecretClient in #rustlang is a little higher up in the README. This mirrors what most other #AzureSDK languages do while allowing us to compile snippets.
Old: github.com/Azure/azure-...
New: github.com/Azure/azure-...
The code to create a SecretClient in #rustlang is a little higher up in the README. This mirrors what most other #AzureSDK languages do while allowing us to compile snippets.
Some of what I've been working on for the past month or so - the lions share is @heaths.dev but I have pieces in there too.
We're getting close enough to this thing being done I can almost taste it.
We're getting close enough to this thing being done I can almost taste it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Some of what I've been working on for the past month or so - the lions share is @heaths.dev but I have pieces in there too.
We're getting close enough to this thing being done I can almost taste it.
We're getting close enough to this thing being done I can almost taste it.
Fun story: the dev lead for Windows 3.1 required all his devs to use machines which were dog slow every day because he figured that if they had to put up with slower machines than our customers they would make sure Windows 3 ran REALLY well on all machines.
This laptop PC I got for testing is dog slow. My Parallels VM version of Windows 11 is actually a lot faster.
But it works and it was dirt cheap, so it’s cool for testing because a lot of us have dog slow computers out there.
But it works and it was dirt cheap, so it’s cool for testing because a lot of us have dog slow computers out there.
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Fun story: the dev lead for Windows 3.1 required all his devs to use machines which were dog slow every day because he figured that if they had to put up with slower machines than our customers they would make sure Windows 3 ran REALLY well on all machines.
Come see me and 180 of my best friends singing our hearts out! Dec 5-23 all over the Puget Sound area.
🔔 The Seattle Men’s Chorus rings in everyone’s favorite holiday tradition: seasonal classics, Christmas comedy, costumes, dancing and the gayest sing-along in Seattle. It’s the holliest, jolliest time of the year! ❄️
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
Tickets: bit.ly/46CpxIe
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Come see me and 180 of my best friends singing our hearts out! Dec 5-23 all over the Puget Sound area.
Reposted by Larry Osterman
Dems, congrats on winning some - but I stg pls actually be useful and not just bask in the wins meaning magical overwhelming change.
DO SHIT. Be on some new shit with effective tactics, not performative nonsense. I want to see more than just who can be the lesser of two parties of uselessness.
DO SHIT. Be on some new shit with effective tactics, not performative nonsense. I want to see more than just who can be the lesser of two parties of uselessness.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Dems, congrats on winning some - but I stg pls actually be useful and not just bask in the wins meaning magical overwhelming change.
DO SHIT. Be on some new shit with effective tactics, not performative nonsense. I want to see more than just who can be the lesser of two parties of uselessness.
DO SHIT. Be on some new shit with effective tactics, not performative nonsense. I want to see more than just who can be the lesser of two parties of uselessness.
Late last night, I got the following text from King County Elections:
"BALLOT ALERT Your signature has been verified and your ballot will be counted. Thanks for voting!"
I cannot say how happy receiving this kind of alert makes me.
"BALLOT ALERT Your signature has been verified and your ballot will be counted. Thanks for voting!"
I cannot say how happy receiving this kind of alert makes me.
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Late last night, I got the following text from King County Elections:
"BALLOT ALERT Your signature has been verified and your ballot will be counted. Thanks for voting!"
I cannot say how happy receiving this kind of alert makes me.
"BALLOT ALERT Your signature has been verified and your ballot will be counted. Thanks for voting!"
I cannot say how happy receiving this kind of alert makes me.
Reposted by Larry Osterman
🗳️ Your voice matters — make it heard!
Make sure you exercise your right and VOTE. 💪✨
Make sure you exercise your right and VOTE. 💪✨
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🗳️ Your voice matters — make it heard!
Make sure you exercise your right and VOTE. 💪✨
Make sure you exercise your right and VOTE. 💪✨
Reposted by Larry Osterman
advice to every Rust organizational decisionmaker out there: shut up, stop making excuses, and take notes from the PSF: bsky.app/profile/pyth...
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
advice to every Rust organizational decisionmaker out there: shut up, stop making excuses, and take notes from the PSF: bsky.app/profile/pyth...
"How did you spend your Sunday?" Obsessively refreshing the puget sound energy web site to see when we would get power back.
24 hours and counting with no power, heat or water.
24 hours and counting with no power, heat or water.
October 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"How did you spend your Sunday?" Obsessively refreshing the puget sound energy web site to see when we would get power back.
24 hours and counting with no power, heat or water.
24 hours and counting with no power, heat or water.
Oh, lovely - a power outage. Good thing we have 5 powerwalls to give us battery backup for over 24 hours.
Wait, what do you mean that a silent change to the Tesla app changed from optimizing for power outages to minimizing grid usage?
So we only have 3 hours of battery left.
Thanks Elon.
Wait, what do you mean that a silent change to the Tesla app changed from optimizing for power outages to minimizing grid usage?
So we only have 3 hours of battery left.
Thanks Elon.
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Oh, lovely - a power outage. Good thing we have 5 powerwalls to give us battery backup for over 24 hours.
Wait, what do you mean that a silent change to the Tesla app changed from optimizing for power outages to minimizing grid usage?
So we only have 3 hours of battery left.
Thanks Elon.
Wait, what do you mean that a silent change to the Tesla app changed from optimizing for power outages to minimizing grid usage?
So we only have 3 hours of battery left.
Thanks Elon.
Reposted by Larry Osterman
Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Omg, the solution to CIA's Kryptos being discovered by someone becoming a subject matter expert, going on location, and finding the plaintext sitting in a vault several miles away is the absolute *perfect* ending to Kryptos. You couldn't write it. Just absolutely A+ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
Sharron made chicken puff tonight and it came out pretty well...
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sharron made chicken puff tonight and it came out pretty well...
I've spent the past week working on a perf measurement framework for the Rust sdk, and I was really excited because I was seeing consistent results showing the Rust SDK was 50% faster on the same operations as the C++ SDK.
And then I found the bug in my framework which invalidated the results.
And then I found the bug in my framework which invalidated the results.
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I've spent the past week working on a perf measurement framework for the Rust sdk, and I was really excited because I was seeing consistent results showing the Rust SDK was 50% faster on the same operations as the C++ SDK.
And then I found the bug in my framework which invalidated the results.
And then I found the bug in my framework which invalidated the results.
We've been working hard to finish up the Azure SDK for Rust and this release brings us that much closer to making it a reality.
October 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
We've been working hard to finish up the Azure SDK for Rust and this release brings us that much closer to making it a reality.
After dinner tonight there was a discussion about how most video games didn't have beans as a cooking recipe item.
My comment was that was likely because they didn't want to deal with the consequences of the digestive impact of starchy proteins..
My comment was that was likely because they didn't want to deal with the consequences of the digestive impact of starchy proteins..
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
After dinner tonight there was a discussion about how most video games didn't have beans as a cooking recipe item.
My comment was that was likely because they didn't want to deal with the consequences of the digestive impact of starchy proteins..
My comment was that was likely because they didn't want to deal with the consequences of the digestive impact of starchy proteins..
"You cannot operate heavy machinery for 12 hours after this procedure."
I'm pretty sure that a compiler counts as "heavy machinery", right?
I'm pretty sure that a compiler counts as "heavy machinery", right?
September 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"You cannot operate heavy machinery for 12 hours after this procedure."
I'm pretty sure that a compiler counts as "heavy machinery", right?
I'm pretty sure that a compiler counts as "heavy machinery", right?