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MattDavey

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Why are many programmers moving their code to github?

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Do people who get paid to write code but score low on the "programmer competency matrix" have an ethical duty to find a different kind of job?

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Should I still use Debug.Assert today?

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Does it make sense to standardize including a created date and last updated date field on all DB tables?

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is it a reasonable practice to extend a class just to reuse a single function?

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Should I intentionally break the build when a bug is found in production?

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Has the emerging generation of programmers got the wrong idea about design patterns?

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Should I pass an object into a constructor, or instantiate in class?

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Should I still use Debug.Assert today?

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Should I intentionally break the build when a bug is found in production?

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Detecting IEnumerable "State Machines"

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