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196139
Programming by Intention, Depth-First or Breadth-First?
133330
What's wrong with mutability and can it be desirable?
224752
In which file types I should include the copyright header?
131408
Java GNU Licensing
108309
Extracting user requirements from a person who does not know how to express himself
19750
How to get back to Software Engineering after a break?
94780
Do Diversified Skills Foster or Hinder Specialization?
230778
Should I consider loosely-coupling for class methods as well?
12472
How to deal with customers who don't understand the complexity of their requests?
211276
Why would I ever use delegates if I'm not doing events?
215427
What should I do if I have a genius team lead which does not share?
154155
Should you keep a copy of all the code you write?
90438
Monitor screen size and programming ease
235468
How can I make my logging more useful?
244705
What kind of code would Kent Beck avoid unit testing?
251643
Which language introduced the idea of private (hidden) variables?
2757
How many monitors do you use? Why? How they are used?
132520
How to emphasize the differences between Software Engineering, Computer Engineering and Computer Science to high schoolers?
196546
What is a good analogy to explain how software development is different than building a bridge?
34485
What is the difference between all-static-methods and applying a singleton pattern?
224036
How to isolate a massive and changeable web service
117825
Is it ok to write a quick software programme and then refactor it?
22146
Best books on the theory and practice of software architecture?
131381
What are the best-practice / norms to order functions in files or classes?
93462
Career Prospects: Women at Management positions in Software
205562
Good logging technique for small projects on Java
241389
Should interface only be used for behavior and not to show logical data grouped together?
179162
Best way to protect website application code
78956
I no longer want to be a developer
151103
What is the purpose of "re-type your email" field?
32571
design pattern for unit testing?
165725
Git branching and tagging best practices
190853
Is using `continue`, `break` in non-`switch` loops and `?:` bad practice?
141973
How do you achieve a numeric versioning scheme with Git?
132281
Are C and/or C++ viable/practical options for web development?
115525
Packages organisation with MVC design pattern
121218
What are the pros and cons of storing files in DB2 vs folders?
40297
What is a "side effect?"
238386
Is inheritance that adds rules bad?
8958
What are signs that a project might turn out bad?
26901
How to convince your boss to give you a better developer machine?
111881
How much do i need to learn in order to get an entry level asp.net job?
51465
How to differentiate between trivial and non-trivial software?
198549
Re-architecting a classic inheritance design
201041
Programming against a protocol in Objective-C
184874
Is Ken Thompson's compiler hack still a threat?
125252
Worth it to Learn an Archaic Language?
89554
Is learning technology by reading books obsolete?
7536
If you favor "T *var", do you ever write "T*"?
200064
Is there a unified source code documentation generator?
97660
What recommendations can you give in managing a team of remote software engineers?
250953
Referencing StackOverflow questions in comments
84001
Is it worth Learning XML as a web developer when JSON is better for AJAX?
85019
Making an internship most effective, useful and fun for both parties
139663
Confusion about dual license (MIT/GPL) javascript for use on my website
166895
What are the problems python 3 new features solve?
198240
Approaches to isolating tests that require a database?
156794
Database lock on gSoap server during storing data in table
91945
How are you handling browser compatibility in the new "rapid release" world?
187026
How to get better at debugging?
218447
Do algorithms published in academic journals need to be licensed?
750
What should you test with unit tests?
136993
Interpreted vs Compiled: A useful distinction?
13786
How is software scalability measured?
239210
Theoretically bug-free programs
240454
Should I feel "uncomfortable" using auto in C++?
179002
IoC containers and service locator pattern
246634
Select design pattern - user stage
97832
How to motivate someone(including myself) not to give up learning something?
131451
Difference between Dependency Injection (DI) & Inversion of Control (IOC)
97357
Programming at Home vs Programming at Workplace
102008
Why isn't the line count in Visual Studio zero-based?
140004
Why choose an established CMS as opposed to building one from scratch?
72768
Does "Inversion of Control" promote "Anemic Domain Model"?
194975
Readable regular expressions without losing their power?
240734
For web apps (vs web pages) why not put scripts and css inline?
77731
Does Salary mean being On-Call 24/7?
134244
Is validating HTML a thing of the past?
252532
Should I place functions that are only used in one other function, within that function?
49836
Are there any downsides of 2 developers getting married?
175594
C++ - Constructor or Initialize Method to Startup
210360
Stopping developers committing to the wrong branch on DVCS
109818
Is code like this a "train wreck" (in violation of Law of Demeter)?
221009
SPA thin or thick architecture
205359
API Authentication, One time token VS Dynamic tokens
66834
What is the best practice for gathering requirements when a customer does not know what he wants?
193586
Using a development language (Python) before putting it into C++
97785
My Dad is impatient with the pace of my learning to program. What do I do?
80694
How do I choose an Android phone for testing my application?
180165
Hardware requirements
15286
Best approach to learning web programming
84909
Jobs that use programming which aren't in the technology sector
224434
Why do we still use floats?
201130
How do you balance out code structuring (few big functions vs. many small ones)?
242610
what's the point of method overloading?
185712
Bridge Design Pattern - I still don't get it
237738
Should failing unit tests that we're not going to fix be removed?
162931
How to avoid being an API programmer only?
166136
Switching licenses, or cross licensing existing GNU GPL v3 software
46513
Working for international NGO's as a programmer