User jmoreno

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Should I tell a departed coworker about their "sev 1" defect?

communication

answered Jun 12, 2012 at 15:03

49 votes

Is it worth making a commit solely to resolve non-critical typos?

version-control grammar

answered Jul 10, 2012 at 15:23

35 votes

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How did programmers implement Linked list ideas before the object oriented paradigm?

object-oriented data-structures history linked-list

answered Apr 27, 2014 at 0:02

30 votes

Working on someone else's code

architecture coding-style coding-standards coding maintenance

answered May 23, 2012 at 6:44

28 votes

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Ways to have a history of changes of database entries

design database

answered Jul 10, 2012 at 6:07

27 votes

Should I take care of race conditions which almost certainly has no chance of occuring?

programming-practices development-process multithreading

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 3:53

27 votes

Effectiveness of FizzBuzz and Beyond

skills

answered Jan 11, 2013 at 8:33

20 votes

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Should an event listener be called if attached after the event has already fired?

event-programming

answered Nov 29, 2014 at 17:10

19 votes

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DRY principle often makes my code more complicated and/or more difficult to understand

design readability dry

answered Nov 20, 2017 at 1:24

17 votes

Who should do code reviews?

code-reviews

answered Feb 8, 2014 at 17:18

16 votes

Why does Java not do type inference?

java programming-languages type-systems data-types

answered Jan 19, 2013 at 4:45

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What is the difference between "recursion" and "self-reference"?

terminology recursion

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 8:54

14 votes

How can I convince my boss that ANSI C is inadequate for our new project?

c# programming-languages c

answered Sep 7, 2012 at 8:47

12 votes

Limitations of Polymorphism in statically typed languages

java design c++ javascript polymorphism

answered Aug 5, 2012 at 16:20

11 votes

Why the question "give five things you hate about C#" is so difficult to answer during an interview?

c# interview

answered Aug 6, 2012 at 21:24

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How to deal with exceptions to business rules?

business-rules

answered May 24, 2012 at 23:50

11 votes

What really is the "business logic"?

object-oriented object-oriented-design

answered Mar 31, 2014 at 7:33

10 votes

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How to distribute, one virtual token to each person in this world, and make sure nobody gets more than one?

authentication automation

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 5:34

10 votes

What would motivate you to do free programming work for work after work?

learning productivity

answered Aug 13, 2011 at 18:45

10 votes

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What is the difference between ref and out in runtime?

c# parameters implementations runtime

answered Feb 10, 2015 at 15:34

10 votes

Coding standard for clarity: comment every line of code?

coding-standards comments standards naming-standards standardization

answered Nov 20, 2016 at 19:55

9 votes

Efficient try / catch block usage?

java programming-practices exceptions

answered Apr 25, 2012 at 15:15

9 votes

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Did a bunch of wrong work, should I keep it?

version-control teamwork

answered Nov 28, 2012 at 23:00

8 votes

Is it conventional to raise a NotImplementedError for methods whose implementation is pending, but not planned to be abstract?

python development-process exceptions

answered Mar 5, 2014 at 21:39

8 votes

Is it reasonable to null guard every single dereferenced pointer?

c++ coding-standards

answered Nov 2, 2013 at 17:50

7 votes

Testing vs Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY)

testing dry

answered Jan 30, 2014 at 6:20

7 votes

For what reasons should I keep "using" section clean in C#?

c# programming-practices

answered Apr 23, 2012 at 3:21

7 votes

How long to wait before deleting a deprecated method?

java deprecation

answered Nov 21, 2018 at 1:52

7 votes

Is it the correct practice to keep more than 10 years old spaghetti legacy code untouched without refactoring at all in big product development?

object-oriented-design refactoring legacy-code

answered Sep 27, 2020 at 2:29

7 votes

Should I use unnecessary function for readability sake

javascript coding-style functional-programming

answered Jun 21 at 3:51

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Should I tell a departed coworker about their "sev 1" defect?

Is it worth making a commit solely to resolve non-critical typos?

How did programmers implement Linked list ideas before the object oriented paradigm?

Working on someone else's code

Ways to have a history of changes of database entries

Should I take care of race conditions which almost certainly has no chance of occuring?

Effectiveness of FizzBuzz and Beyond

Should an event listener be called if attached after the event has already fired?

DRY principle often makes my code more complicated and/or more difficult to understand

Who should do code reviews?

Why does Java not do type inference?

What is the difference between "recursion" and "self-reference"?

How can I convince my boss that ANSI C is inadequate for our new project?

Limitations of Polymorphism in statically typed languages

Why the question "give five things you hate about C#" is so difficult to answer during an interview?

How to deal with exceptions to business rules?

What really is the "business logic"?

How to distribute, one virtual token to each person in this world, and make sure nobody gets more than one?

What would motivate you to do free programming work for work after work?

What is the difference between ref and out in runtime?

Coding standard for clarity: comment every line of code?

Efficient try / catch block usage?

Did a bunch of wrong work, should I keep it?

Is it conventional to raise a NotImplementedError for methods whose implementation is pending, but not planned to be abstract?

Is it reasonable to null guard every single dereferenced pointer?

Testing vs Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY)

For what reasons should I keep "using" section clean in C#?

How long to wait before deleting a deprecated method?

Is it the correct practice to keep more than 10 years old spaghetti legacy code untouched without refactoring at all in big product development?

Should I use unnecessary function for readability sake