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Should you write your back-end as an API?

answered Jun 26, 2015 at 12:39

33 votes

Leaving intentional bugs in code for testers to find

testing teamwork debugging bug

answered Jan 29, 2015 at 12:16

11 votes

Why did the creators of the Internet Protocol decide to use IP addresses to identify a particular computer?

history internet ip-address

answered Sep 10, 2014 at 12:47

10 votes

Why do we need years in a software license?

licensing

answered Feb 5, 2014 at 14:15

9 votes

Why would Square inheriting from Rectangle be problematic if we override the SetWidth and SetHeight methods?

object-oriented-design inheritance abstraction solid

answered May 8, 2014 at 17:04

8 votes

Why is it hard to make a Java program 'appear native'?

java gui

answered Feb 3, 2014 at 15:07

6 votes

Does C++ compiler remove/optimize useless parentheses?

c++ optimization compilation

answered May 12, 2014 at 12:39

6 votes

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Could ChromiumOS be re-written in Go from the ground up?

c linux go

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 16:19

5 votes

RESTful API design. What should I return if there are no rows?

programming-practices rest api-design json

answered Feb 6, 2014 at 19:14

3 votes

How common is string manipulation, really?

programming-languages strings

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 15:19

3 votes

Is a senior programmers advice about always using books a good idea?

knowledge-transfer

answered Dec 5, 2013 at 18:05

3 votes

Is a 1 < 10 comparison less expensive than 1 < 1000000?

performance cpu

answered Feb 4, 2015 at 2:37

3 votes

Can the author of an MIT licensed project convert it to a commercial licensed one?

mit-license

answered Apr 15, 2015 at 19:18

2 votes

Way to organize repetitive text in Java

java coding-style code-organization

answered Jun 8, 2015 at 12:29

2 votes

How do web APIs work?

web-development web-applications api

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 16:45

1 vote

Why isn't SSL/TLS built into modern Operating Systems?

security operating-systems protocol ssl

answered Sep 19, 2013 at 15:11

1 vote

What's the point of implementing a Stack using two queues?

java stack

answered Jun 17, 2015 at 13:17

1 vote

Is Java Bytecode interpreted?

java jvm interpreters bytecode

answered Mar 8, 2014 at 19:25

0 votes

Why was the first compiler written before the first interpreter?

history compiler interpreters

answered Jul 29, 2014 at 17:16

0 votes

Why is PHP's method of comparing different types bad?

php programming-languages language-design comparison dynamic-typing

answered Feb 6, 2014 at 19:41

0 votes

Can commented-out code be valuable documentation?

documentation comments

answered Feb 12, 2014 at 16:07

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21 Answers

Should you write your back-end as an API?

Leaving intentional bugs in code for testers to find

Why did the creators of the Internet Protocol decide to use IP addresses to identify a particular computer?

Why do we need years in a software license?

Why would Square inheriting from Rectangle be problematic if we override the SetWidth and SetHeight methods?

Why is it hard to make a Java program 'appear native'?

Does C++ compiler remove/optimize useless parentheses?

Could ChromiumOS be re-written in Go from the ground up?

RESTful API design. What should I return if there are no rows?

How common is string manipulation, really?

Is a senior programmers advice about always using books a good idea?

Is a 1 < 10 comparison less expensive than 1 < 1000000?

Can the author of an MIT licensed project convert it to a commercial licensed one?

Way to organize repetitive text in Java

How do web APIs work?

Why isn't SSL/TLS built into modern Operating Systems?

What's the point of implementing a Stack using two queues?

Is Java Bytecode interpreted?

Why was the first compiler written before the first interpreter?

Why is PHP's method of comparing different types bad?

Can commented-out code be valuable documentation?