Mongus Pong

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	location	Devon, PA
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Pongtonkerous! I am a developer and I code. Primarily develop in C# and Ruby, some enforced SQL, with a bit of iPhone objective-C thrown in for fun.

	1,137 reputation	bio	website	codebreakfast.net	visits	member for	2 years, 8 months
412 badges		location	Devon, PA		seen	Mar 12 at 10:17

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Oct 4	answered	How much time do you invest in exploring new technology?
Oct 4	answered	Commented short fancy code vs. uncommented longer easy-to-understand code - which is preferred?
Oct 2	awarded	Commentator
Oct 2	awarded	Nice Question
Oct 1	awarded	Student
Sep 27	comment	How to learn Agile as a Solo Developer I love that cover!
Sep 27	answered	What programming language and framework has best support for agile web development?
Sep 23	comment	How do you deal with people who ask you to fix their computer? You dont have to look at it like that. They are paying you for the years you have spent learning about this stuff so you can save them time. It doesnt matter how long it actually takes you, don't sell your self short!
Sep 20	answered	How do you deal with people who ask you to fix their computer?
Sep 20	comment	How do you deal with people who ask you to fix their computer? Excellent suggestion!
Sep 20	comment	Setting up a new developer system - how to speed up the process? I view getting a new setup as a form of rebirth. Its an opportunity to set my system up differently and stops me getting in a rut. If I don't get round to reinstalling it or resetting it, its obviously not that essential.
Sep 17	awarded	Teacher
Sep 16	answered	Should I change language to stop becoming stale?
Sep 14	answered	What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills?
Sep 14	awarded	Supporter
Sep 14	awarded	Autobiographer
Sep 14	comment	“Comments are a code smell” codebreakfast.net/tips/17-avoid-comments
Jun 4	comment	What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills? Having to amend the comments with the code is an error prone process. Think about it, how often do you find yourself actually reading the comments to work out what is going on? ;-)
Jun 4	comment	What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills? I totally disagree! The code should be suficient to document the application context. If you have code such as "if string.length > 8 ", and you must put a comment like "check string length long enough to be a bank account number", then it implies the code needs rewriting. Create a constant MIN_BANK_ACCOUNT_NO_LENGTH = 8. and rewrite the code "if string.length > MIN_BANK_ACCOUNT_NO_LENGTH". The comment then becomes redundant as any one can (and should) read the code to understand. Remember in a fast changing world, comments can quickly become out of sync with the code.
Jun 4	comment	What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills? It is a good list to aspire to. I disagree with #4.. comments are just a repetition of what the code is trying to do and should only be used when the code is difficult to understand - which is something I aim to reduce as much as possible!