Tim Williscroft

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Pay Cheques say Software Engineer since 1992

80 Answers

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102
Why isn't software as reliable as a car?
42
How can software be protected from piracy?
33
Crunch-time Sleep Deprivation: Survival Strategies?
26
Are programmers tied to their code?
20
How much storage space do developers really need on work systems?
17
Have you dealt with space hardening?
12
How do I check that my tests were not removed by other developers?
9
Do software developers know what engineers actually do?
9
Should a method validate its parameters?
9
How can I quickly weed out “copy & paste” coders?
8
What causes bad performance in consumer apps?
6
How do managers know if a person is a good or a bad programmer?
6
Why is there a decline in CS majors?
6
What do you look at first: the code or the design?
6
Which things instantly ring alarm bells when looking at code?
5
Are By-Design “Bugs” a Bad Sign?
5
What can be done to programming languages to avoid floating point pitfalls?
5
Tools to produce & manage specifications/requirements (not ticket trackers)
5
What's a nice explanation for pointers?
4
Did the developers of Java consciously abandon RAII?
4
What can I do if my boss is asking about my program every hour?
4
How to teach Exception Handling for New Programmers?
3
Develop secureness first or as a later step?
3
What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems?
2
Is there any technology for dynamic assignment of execution context for programs that target many platforms with widely varying runtime performance?
2
How is a software backdoor implemented?
2
How to keep a big and complex software product maintainable over the years?
2
Are there any unions for software developers?
2
How can dev teams prevent slow performance in consumer apps?
2
Java API vs. Other APIs
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