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Configuration data: single-row table vs. name-value-pair table

asked Sep 4, 2012 at 14:48

77 votes

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What's the use case for formatting monetary values with a system-dependent currency symbol?

asked Sep 1, 2020 at 12:58

63 votes

9 answers

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Why do "checked exceptions", i.e., "value-or-error return values", work well in Rust and Go but not in Java?

asked Jan 11, 2021 at 9:26

47 votes

4 answers

36k views

Should UTF-8 CSV files contain a BOM (byte order mark)?

asked Jun 18, 2018 at 7:36

29 votes

7 answers

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Pattern for a class that does only one thing

asked Nov 8, 2012 at 8:34

27 votes

2 answers

14k views

Does it make sense to use ORM in Android development?

asked Jul 9, 2012 at 16:57

14 votes

2 answers

2k views

I should have used a factory method instead of a constructor. Can I change that and still be backwards-compatible?

asked Apr 29, 2013 at 14:29

14 votes

5 answers

692 views

Agile software development: How do you react financially to changing user requirements?

asked Mar 6, 2012 at 19:56

12 votes

3 answers

7k views

CRUD API: How do you specify which fields to update?

asked Sep 13, 2015 at 10:58

11 votes

2 answers

376 views

As a Europe-based company, is it possible to write a custom iPad application for a customer?

asked Mar 16, 2012 at 16:06

11 votes

4 answers

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How do you keep code with continuations/callbacks readable?

asked Jun 5, 2012 at 9:00

10 votes

3 answers

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How would I design a TryParse method which provides detailed information in case of a parsing error?

asked Jan 22, 2018 at 15:19

9 votes

6 answers

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How to develop line-of-business tablet apps as a .NET developer? [closed]

asked Mar 7, 2012 at 13:43

8 votes

5 answers

635 views

In retrospect, has it been a good idea to use three-valued logic for SQL NULL comparisons?

asked Nov 7, 2013 at 22:05

6 votes

3 answers

735 views

Programming language popularity: Is there data on migration trends?

asked Oct 20, 2011 at 7:38

4 votes

2 answers

354 views

Why does ISO 8859-1 contain letter-free diacritics?

asked Sep 2, 2015 at 19:30

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

Refactor namespaces in a library while keeping backwards-compatibility

asked Jul 2, 2019 at 13:00

3 votes

2 answers

4k views

What's Microsoft's strategy on Windows CE development? [closed]

asked Nov 15, 2011 at 10:25

3 votes

2 answers

403 views

Why aren't field-like events implemented as a list of delegates?

asked Mar 15, 2015 at 22:28

2 votes

3 answers

327 views

Is there an established convention for separating Windows file names in a string?

asked Oct 24, 2012 at 7:48

1 vote

1 answer

540 views

What's the point of having the build number in the .NET framework versions?

asked Jun 3, 2016 at 9:51

1 vote

4 answers

1k views

How do I elegantly store tabular data in code?

asked Jul 10, 2016 at 9:42

1 vote

1 answer

125 views

Do Windows mail clients actually care about the MIME type of binary attachments?

asked Apr 14, 2013 at 18:38

1 vote

1 answer

182 views

Bin packing with "flexible" items: Does this algorithmic problem have a name? [closed]

asked Apr 26, 2019 at 12:50

0 votes

1 answer

74 views

How should I represent a UI state change in the URL?

asked May 25, 2020 at 16:59

0 votes

0 answers

58 views

Should a new access control mechanism use a precedence-based or an order-based permission system?

asked Oct 12, 2018 at 12:49

0 votes

1 answer

228 views

Provide web images with high resolution and let the browser scale it. A bad idea?

asked Nov 19, 2014 at 21:46

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27 Questions

Configuration data: single-row table vs. name-value-pair table

What's the use case for formatting monetary values with a system-dependent currency symbol?

Why do "checked exceptions", i.e., "value-or-error return values", work well in Rust and Go but not in Java?

Should UTF-8 CSV files contain a BOM (byte order mark)?

Pattern for a class that does only one thing

Does it make sense to use ORM in Android development?

I should have used a factory method instead of a constructor. Can I change that and still be backwards-compatible?

Agile software development: How do you react financially to changing user requirements?

CRUD API: How do you specify which fields to update?

As a Europe-based company, is it possible to write a custom iPad application for a customer?

How do you keep code with continuations/callbacks readable?

How would I design a TryParse method which provides detailed information in case of a parsing error?

How to develop line-of-business tablet apps as a .NET developer? [closed]

In retrospect, has it been a good idea to use three-valued logic for SQL NULL comparisons?

Programming language popularity: Is there data on migration trends?

Why does ISO 8859-1 contain letter-free diacritics?

Refactor namespaces in a library while keeping backwards-compatibility

What's Microsoft's strategy on Windows CE development? [closed]

Why aren't field-like events implemented as a list of delegates?

Is there an established convention for separating Windows file names in a string?

What's the point of having the build number in the .NET framework versions?

How do I elegantly store tabular data in code?

Do Windows mail clients actually care about the MIME type of binary attachments?

Bin packing with "flexible" items: Does this algorithmic problem have a name? [closed]

How should I represent a UI state change in the URL?

Should a new access control mechanism use a precedence-based or an order-based permission system?

Provide web images with high resolution and let the browser scale it. A bad idea?