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| bio | website | smith-li.com |
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| location | Philadelphia, PA | |
| age | 34 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 3 months |
| seen | Jun 14 at 14:19 | |
| stats | profile views | 38 |
Pythonista; Celerista; Pyramista; Plonista; Magentoasta; Javascriptista; CSSista; HTMLista; Webista; Shellista; you get the gista.
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Mar 2 |
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How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code? @GordonM Do you think it would be better not to tell an employee when his behavior is inappropriate, and what the consequences of continued inappropriate behavior would be? |
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Mar 2 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Feb 25 |
awarded | Caucus |
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Feb 22 |
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Why do large websites use different languages for the backend and frontend? If you really want to see the dark fringes of languages' strengths and weaknesses try parsing sgml/xml languages with shell tools like sed and awk. Or write fizzbuzz or a factorial calculator in xslt. :) |
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Feb 9 |
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How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code? @temptar A good coder is lazy, but they go for the minimum they can get away with without providing adding value? That's quite an offensive generalization to put on a site full of coders. A good coder is lazy because he's looking to reduce everyone's effort, not just his own. He's searching for generalizations that solve problems in a lasting way. |
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Feb 8 |
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Should the variable be named Id or ID? Would you name the variables EGO and SuperEGO? I didn't think so. ;) |
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Feb 5 |
answered | How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code? |
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Feb 4 |
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Why does automated testing keep failing in my company? @SkipHuffman With a complex stack on an integration platform, many new devs come in not understanding how to run tests. If you don't have CI in place, your first step is to teach devs how to run tests and how to write tests appropriate for the platform. If you have CI in place, they can learn from existing infrastructure, and you can focus on teaching them higher-level concepts like why various design decisions were made. No human can consistently demonstrate the value of testing to the entire team as well as CI. |
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Jan 28 |
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Version control: Dealing with incomplete/broken code @jk. yes, I didn't really mean agnostic to DVCS, I meant general to all version control systems. Updated. |
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Jan 28 |
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Version control: Dealing with incomplete/broken code added 6 characters in body |
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Jan 28 |
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Version control: Dealing with incomplete/broken code The winter storm was just an example. It happens quite regularly that (at least senior) devs need to relocate while code is incomplete. It's also useful for junior devs to be able to push code to a shared location for help and review. |
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Jan 28 |
asked | Version control: Dealing with incomplete/broken code |
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Dec 31 |
awarded | Publicist |
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Dec 30 |
awarded | Booster |
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Dec 29 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Dec 29 |
awarded | Announcer |
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Dec 18 |
accepted | Why does Zend discourage “floating functions”? |
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Dec 18 |
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Why does Zend discourage “floating functions”? added 57 characters in body |
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Dec 18 |
asked | Why does Zend discourage “floating functions”? |
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Dec 11 |
awarded | Quorum |
