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Mario Hewardt

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MSFT, author of Advanced Windows Debugging and Advanced .NET Debugging, Principal Software Engineer leading the Sysinternals team. Opinions are my own.

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Nov 13

Excited to bring ProcDump to Mac!

Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · Nov 13

We're excited to announce the release of ProcDump 1.0 for Mac.
ProcDump functionality is now available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Get the tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog:

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

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Den Delimarsky @den.dev · 7d

I used Spec Kit to build a Mauna Kea observatory camera tracker 🌠

In the process, had to write a full guide for Spec Kit, because why not 🤷

Read
↳ den.dev/blog/github-...

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Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · 7d

🚀 New Sysinternals updates just dropped!
ZoomIt now supports image smoothing for crisper visuals
ProcDump for Linux adds restracking - no triggers needed

Grab the latest tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sysinte...

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · 7d

It’s…it’s a husky.

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Sep 18

As Sysinternals continues to expand beyond Windows, we’re seeing some awesome scenarios appear...

Mark Russinovich @markrussinovich.bsky.social · Sep 18

I never saw this coming: A Sysinternals tool, procdump, helping to improve the security of MacOS!

www.macworld.com/article/2898...

Security expert details how a simple Microsoft tool led to the discovery of a serious macOS flaw

The hole was fixed by Apple in the macOS Sequoia 15.3 update.

www.macworld.com

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Patrick Matula @patrickmatula.com · Sep 18

Sysinternals continuously develops new tools, and it's not even limited to Windows. There is ProcDump for Linux (github.com/microsoft/Pr...) by @mariohewardt.com.

GitHub - microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux: A Linux version of the ProcDump Sysinternals tool

A Linux version of the ProcDump Sysinternals tool. Contribute to microsoft/ProcDump-for-Linux development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Sep 17

Sysinternals jcd (jump change directory) is a Rust-based command-line tool that provides enhanced directory navigation with substring matching and smart selection. It's like the cd command, but with superpowers!

medium.com/@marioh_7832...

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Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · Sep 17

We're excited to to announce the release of a new tool, jcd, for Linux and Mac, and ZoomIt v9.01 with fixes!
Get the tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sysinte...

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

sysinternals.com

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Sep 16

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Aug 23

Great write up on Microsoft’s open source journey.

azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/m...

From 20,000 lines of Linux code to global scale: Microsoft's open-source journey | Microsoft Azure Blog

From Linux kernel code to AI at scale, discover how Microsoft’s open source evolution shapes cloud, AI, and developer innovation. Learn more.

azure.microsoft.com

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Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · Jul 8

We've released Procmon for Linux, Sysmon for Linux, and SysinternalsEBPF with Azure Linux 3.0 support!

Get the tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Sysinte...

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

sysinternals.com

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Jun 27

Insane. Went outside for 5 mins and came back coughing and sneezing. Also, is that a Klee Kai?

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Jun 1

There's an app for that.

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Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · May 21

We've released Sysmon for Linux with a Debian 11 fix and config update hashes!

Get the tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sysinte...

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

sysinternals.com

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · May 15

Yeah about that one 😂

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · May 5

Super excited to see the big update to RDCMan!

Sysinternals @sysinternals.com · May 5

We've released RDCMan v3.0 with security and quality of life improvements and Sysmon for Linux with newest kernel support!

Get the tools at sysinternals.com.

See what's new on the Sysinternals Blog: techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sysinte...

Sysinternals - Sysinternals

Library, learning resources, downloads, support, and community. Evaluate and find out how to install, deploy, and maintain Windows with Sysinternals utilities.

sysinternals.com

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Phoronix @phoronix-poster.bsky.social · Apr 30

Bytedance Proposes Faster Linux Inter-Process Communication With "Run Process As Library" - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bytedance-Faster-Linux-IPC-RPAL

Bytedance Proposes Faster Linux Inter-Process Communication With "Run Process As Library"

Bytedance engineers are exploring faster inter-process communication (IPC) on Linux via a new approach they call Run Process As Library (RPAL). Their initial benchmarks of RPAL are very promising for faster Linux IPC performance...

www.phoronix.com

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 26

a man in a cowboy hat and vest is standing in front of a wooden building and saying i 'm your huckleberry

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Christine Hall @brideoflinux.bsky.social · Apr 25

"One of the interesting new features merged to the Linux kernel last year was the DRM Panic infrastructure so that Linux can display an error screen akin to Windows' Blue Screen of Death when encountering problems": Intel Linux Graphics Driver Patches Updated For DRM Panic Support

Intel Linux Graphics Driver Patches Updated For DRM Panic Support

One of the interesting new features merged to the Linux kernel last year was the DRM Panic infrastructure so that Linux can display an error screen akin to Windows' 'Blue Screen of Death' when…

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 23

I mean you put a pillow on top of the crate. What’s a dog to think?

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Kirill Osenkov @kirillosenkov.com · Apr 9

`dotnet run file.cs` is coming:

Allows running C# source files with no need for an explicit backing project. We call these file-based programs (as opposed to project-based programs).

github.com/dotnet/sdk/b...

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 6

I…I…just don’t know what to think. Part of me wants to tempt fate.

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 5

Hap-hap-happy birthday Microsoft!

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 3

two penguins are walking across a snowy field with the national geographic logo in the background

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Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 1

Alright. How have I not read this book?!?!

Mario Hewardt @mariohewardt.com · Apr 1

It needs some Linux flair