Mason Wheeler

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Should I return from a function early or use an if statement?

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Are exceptions as control flow considered a serious antipattern? If so, Why?

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Is it premature optimization to add database indices?

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Does path coverage guarantee finding all bugs?

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The difference between "concurrent" and "parallel" execution?

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How are globals any different from a database?

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Where does this concept of "favor composition over inheritance" come from?

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Why was the Itanium processor difficult to write a compiler for?

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How do languages with Maybe types instead of nulls handle edge conditions?

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Where does the term "Red/Black Tree" come from?

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Why are strings so slow?

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Are exceptions as control flow considered a serious antipattern? If so, Why?

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What does Jamie Zawinski's Law mean?

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How are globals any different from a database?

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