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Apr
17
awarded  Commentator
Apr
17
comment How Can I Know Whether I Am a Good Programmer?
Good place to refer to the term 501 programmer: hanselman.com/blog/…
Mar
30
comment Is it legal to reflector some .NET code and use it in a commercial application?
+1 for a valid technical reason why not
Feb
21
comment Should QA find reproducible scenarios?
This isn't really an answer but it's worth pointing out that by putting (more) logging inside your application you can reduce this issue somewhat. Perhaps your test build could be set to a verbose logging mode which would give you vague reproduction steps to assist you in debugging sessions?
Jan
26
comment How to stop the development spec from changing in mid development?
The only actual way is to complete development in such a small time so the end user doesn't have time to change their mind, eg completing the project before the ink has tried on the specification. Obviously that's not practical though
Jan
23
comment What's the benefit of avoiding the use of a debugger?
Whilst I agree with you on most of your post, I think incompetent is unfair. It's possible to develop without the use of a debugger, it's just inefficient. Some people learn about debuggers before others!
Jan
23
awarded  Citizen Patrol
Jan
23
comment How do big companies of software developers check for bugs in their programs?
+1 for comment about maturity.
Dec
20
awarded  Student
Nov
17
awarded  Editor
Nov
17
revised About empty line of code
Remove first line
Nov
17
suggested suggested edit on About empty line of code
Oct
16
comment Is it wrong or bad to use autocomplete?
As Einstein said "Never remember anything you can easily look up"
Jul
31
awarded  Supporter
Jul
31
comment Interviewing a developer who's skilled in a language you don't know
+1. I was going to suggest the same thing, the poster has to learn some Ruby at some point. If having the wool pulled over your eyes at the interview stage is an issue then it will be at a later stage (during a code review or when a weird bug comes up and everyone is on holiday or ill)