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Why is polling accepted in web programming?

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Is it a must for every programmer to learn regular expressions?

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My boss decided to add a "person to blame" field to every bug report. How can I convince him that it's a bad idea?

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Multithreading: am I doing it wrong?

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How can Scrum be adapted to a Volunteer setting?

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What is the accepted style for using the `this` keyword in Java?

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Should minified CSS be stored in Git?

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Where should I store test data?

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What are the consequences of using verbs instead of nouns in REST API URI?

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What are good ways of balancing informative exceptions and clean code?

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The value of potential shippability when the product is not minimally viable yet

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Do code style guides increase productivity?

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

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What is a good measure of testing/tester efficiency?

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Giving team members more decision-making power led to very long arguments, blocking progress since there is no one with the final say

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Is it possible to loosely couple an application to its framework?

answered Jan 9, 2014 at 0:50

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How do I test a system where the objects are difficult to mock?

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Can a team that uses Scrum achieve Co-Dev and domain expertise if it handles many SW domains?

answered Oct 10, 2013 at 16:48

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Why it is important to include definition of success/failure in specification?

answered Oct 26, 2011 at 18:16

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Forgetting basic language functions due to use of IDE, over reliance?

answered Oct 17, 2011 at 16:40

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Do DVCSes discourage continuous integration?

answered May 17, 2012 at 0:15

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Any tools/suggestions on how to refute code coverage quality argument

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How concerned about load balancing do I need to be?

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Weighing value of change vs. cost, how to handle costly changes

answered Mar 25, 2016 at 21:22

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For Object Oriented Programming purists, are @annotations heresy?

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 15:59

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Sprint pressure causes quality issues?

answered Mar 17, 2014 at 16:27

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inheritance and static final variables

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How to most effectively debug code?

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Push vs Poll when large delay (hours) is acceptable

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Improving the Java development workflow

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Why is polling accepted in web programming?

Is it a must for every programmer to learn regular expressions?

My boss decided to add a "person to blame" field to every bug report. How can I convince him that it's a bad idea?

Multithreading: am I doing it wrong?

How can Scrum be adapted to a Volunteer setting?

What is the accepted style for using the `this` keyword in Java?

Should minified CSS be stored in Git?

Where should I store test data?

What are the consequences of using verbs instead of nouns in REST API URI?

What are good ways of balancing informative exceptions and clean code?

The value of potential shippability when the product is not minimally viable yet

Do code style guides increase productivity?

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

What is a good measure of testing/tester efficiency?

Giving team members more decision-making power led to very long arguments, blocking progress since there is no one with the final say

Is it possible to loosely couple an application to its framework?

How do I test a system where the objects are difficult to mock?

Can a team that uses Scrum achieve Co-Dev and domain expertise if it handles many SW domains?

Why it is important to include definition of success/failure in specification?

Forgetting basic language functions due to use of IDE, over reliance?

Do DVCSes discourage continuous integration?

Any tools/suggestions on how to refute code coverage quality argument

How concerned about load balancing do I need to be?

Weighing value of change vs. cost, how to handle costly changes

For Object Oriented Programming purists, are @annotations heresy?

Sprint pressure causes quality issues?

inheritance and static final variables

How to most effectively debug code?

Push vs Poll when large delay (hours) is acceptable

Improving the Java development workflow