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Rafael Rivera
Personal blog · withinrafael.comsystemsprogramming
Rafael Rivera's personal blog at withinrafael.com covers systems and programming. Since 2014, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “New experimental console features in Windows “Threshold””. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-07-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Rafael Rivera's posts as references on Windows internals: kernel debugging with kdnet, running Remote Desktop Services in containers, undocumented window composition APIs, and Windows console features.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- New experimental console features in Windows “Threshold”3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-09-30
What Hacker News says?
Kdnet is a faster and easier to setup than COM ports for debugging Hyper-v VMs. I couldn't find it on MSDN, but there is a blogpost here: http://withinrafael.com/how-to-set-up-synthetic-kernel-debug...
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on “Intro to kernel debugging”Submitted New experimental console features in Windows “Threshold” as a story · 11 points
HN discussionI documented how to set up RDS in containers back in 2018 [1] then Microsoft swooped in and killed it. They are weirdly sensitive when it comes to terminal services. Could perhaps be licensing/financially motivated. I get emails almost weekly to this day asking for updates. Wish I had one. [1]: https://withinrafael.com/2018/03/09/using-remote-desktop-ser...
Comment linking /2018/03/09/using-remote-desktop-services-in-containers/
on “Sandboxie: Sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based OS's”Submitted Taking a peek at Xbox One-formatted disks in Windows as a story · 6 points
HN discussionIndeed, you can use the same effect as the start menu via the undocumented API SetWindowCompositionAttribute [1]. Note it only works properly with frameless windows, if you have a titlebar there are slight artifacts around the window. [1] http://withinrafael.com/adding-the-aero-glass-blur-to-your-w...
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on “Overlay.NET: An easy-to-use overlay library written in C#”Submitted New console features in Windows 10 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionIt sounds like they may at least be trying to work on the command prompt: http://withinrafael.com/new-experimental-console-features-in...
Comment linking /new-experimental-console-features-in-windows-threshold/
on “Microsoft unveils Windows 10 system with Start Menu”Submitted Pairing a stubborn Reolink RLC-511W camera with Windows 10 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere are several problems with this article. In no particular order, here are some: * The "only missing platform" statement is incorrect. The Bourne Again shell is not part of the BSDs, for starters. It's available through packages/ports. But it's not part of the operating system. If, however, one is including add-on softwares that can be installed by the user; then by that measure Windows was not a "missing platfo…
Comment linking /new-experimental-console-features-in-windows-threshold/
on “Bash on Windows: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”