User Alfredo Osorio - Programmers Stack Exchange

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What should every programmer know about web development?

web-development

1d ago SalmanPK 103

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Should I intentionally break the build when a bug is found in production?

mar 10 '12 at 5:52 thegreendroid 206

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Should you keep a copy of all the code you write?

legal source-code

jul 16 at 20:14 Robert Harvey 46.6k

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How do operating systems… run… without having an OS to run in?

kernel operating-systems

nov 7 at 22:49 ObsessiveSSOℲ 291

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Why is naming a table's Primary Key column “Id” considered bad practice?

sql naming tsql

dec 27 at 18:09 Vlakarados 101

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How to Mentor a Junior Developer

culture mentor

jul 7 at 4:31 Lorand Kedves 571

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(Why) Should I learn a new programming language?

programming-languages productivity

feb 25 at 9:50 Martijn Pieters 4,248

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Are my negative internship experiences representative of the real world?

programming-practices development-process

nov 19 at 11:05 wonea 133

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Are unit tests really that useful?

unit-testing asp.net development-process

jul 27 at 12:12 ElYusubov 14.3k

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What backs up the claim that C++ can be faster than a JVM or CLR with JIT?

java c# c++ performance jit

aug 6 at 18:39 Community♦ 1

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Recursion or while loops

code-quality recursion

apr 17 at 12:09 jk. 6,084

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Is defining a variable to name a method argument a good practice?

coding-style

aug 27 at 20:32 orip 222

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When would using a scripting language within a larger program be useful?

scripting

feb 27 at 16:31 Pete Kirkham 435

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Coding Guideline : Methods shouldn't contain more than 7 statements?

c# maintainability coding-guideline

feb 26 at 23:12 dawidg 1

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Reasons Programmers Leave

management

jan 29 '12 at 19:07 Job 4,612

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Why is Global State so Evil?

design-patterns

may 17 '12 at 19:21 Mike Samuel 930

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When is unit testing inappropriate or unnecessary?

testing unit-testing tdd

feb 8 at 4:45 asperous.us 101

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Why use a database instead of just saving your data to disk?

database sql mysql nosql

mar 20 at 13:00 Martin Wickman 8,819

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Should the variable be named Id or ID?

coding-style naming variables

mar 1 at 13:53 Martin Brown 297

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why do some job posts say “high pressure environment”?

jobs

aug 3 at 14:59 User 564

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How can robots beat CAPTCHAs?

security captcha

mar 7 at 18:25 gnat 12.3k

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Is committing/checking in code everyday a good practice?

programming-practices source-code

jul 12 at 19:15 Virus 101

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When is it appropriate to not unit test?

unit-testing tdd

mar 4 at 13:38 bool.dev 117

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What's the career path for a developer who doesn't like management?

management career-transition coding

mar 8 '12 at 15:54 Yannis Rizos♦ 22.8k

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Is it wrong to use a boolean parameter to determine behavior?

design coding-standards object-oriented-design

mar 6 at 2:15 jhewlett 504

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Is it better to return NULL or empty values from functions/methods where the return value is not present?

object-oriented design-patterns architecture object-oriented-design

may 5 '12 at 20:37 Loren Pechtel 1,632

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When are Getters and Setters Justified

object-oriented

nov 19 '11 at 12:43 Ghita 131

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Best practice on if/return

programming-practices

jul 20 at 14:39 atconway 143

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Code maintenance: To add comments in code or to just leave it to the version control?

version-control bug comments change

nov 10 at 11:53 Jayan 209

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With all of these services, how can I not be anemic?

domain-driven-design domain-model

apr 29 '11 at 11:08 Victor Sergienko 181

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