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Structured programming versus OO programming

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Unit testing for a scientific computing library

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Code review from domain non expert

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Alternatives to the singleton pattern

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How big should a single commit be?

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When is unit testing inappropriate or unnecessary?

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Metric by which to hold developers accountable

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Refactoring constructor that has too many parameters

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What's wrong with circular references?

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Is declarative programming just imperative programming 'under the hood'?

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What standard superseded 830-1998?

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Why is "diamond problem" a problem? Why doesn't the child simply call both parent's methods sequentially? Why is a thing with solutions a problem?

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When are chained assignments (i.e. a=b=c) bad form?

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How can Rust be "safer" and "faster" than C++ at the same time?

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Clean architecture - How do I deal with use case reuse?

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Should HTTP status codes be used to represent business logic errors on a server?

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What is the point of unit tests?

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Fix bugs, or wait for the customer to find them?

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Should developers fix bugs in their own code?

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How to write a HTTP server?

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Multiple boolean arguments - why is it bad?

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What to do if a core function does exactly what you need to do, but has a bug

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Test A requires reviewing other files to prove it is correct. Test B doesn’t but has more than one assert

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What is the point of unit tests?

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What is the point of unit tests?

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When following SOLID, are reading and writing files two separate responsibilities?

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