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How to convey that a project is too ambitious?
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How can I sell a legacy program rewrite to the business?
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Is it bad to use giant label comments to mark off sections of code?
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Good interview programming projects
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Licensing - Using Standard C Library
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Intellectual Property Rights - Starting a new Job
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Getting involved with an Open Source Project
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Should I refactor a F class from code climate?
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Database conceptual Question
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stuck on a programming problem solution
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Methods to rewrite a program
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Is a Front-End Web Developer a "Programmer"?
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Designing a library that is easy to use: composition or inheritance
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What should an embedded developer know on day one?
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How should I test randomness?
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test driven development - Who should write the tests?
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Looking for Case Studies of How TDD Improved Quality and/or Speed of Development
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Reasons to Use a VM For Development
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how to find average bits per symbol using huffman code?
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How does one sandbox a web application
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Benefits to starting JavaScript "for" loops at 0, or just traditional?
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After years of working alone, other developers will finally see my (buggy) code. What should I do?
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Is explicit else needed in initialisers?
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Learning new concepts is an infinite loop. How do I go about it?
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Switch Parent Children relationship in C#
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Compiler/OS Design - Where to start
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How to safeguard a REST API for only trusted mobile applications
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Where can I find programming work online?
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What are the advantages of the Intel C++ compiler?
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Refactor or Concentrate on Completing App
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Value of passing by reference
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Work in a company as a Soft. Engineer or take a Master?
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How to get motivation and time to learn outside of work?
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what is the meaning of f(n) = O(g(n))?
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Make methods that do not depend on instance fields, static?
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a196ee35-b562-44b9-8837-074d8531945e
Can I ask the job interviewer to show me their code before joining the company?
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Open source projects - motivation
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Switching Programming Languages
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test
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Do you think that exposure to BASIC can mutilate your mind?
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What is the difference between the factory pattern and abstract factory?
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81838
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Designing XML - confused between attributes and elements
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Able to read Code but struggling majorly to write it
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230534
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b1d4b52d-19c6-4c1e-8b25-40cafc454cb6
Should a design document contain a discussion of the pros/cons to a given design or should it focus on facts and rationale?
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106693
test
d7eb56de-0d8a-4658-886d-871966859f21
Writing an (end-) user documentation
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Will I ever be able to code client-side browser code in a language of my choice?
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125108
test
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Should unit-tests be entirely self-contained?
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226357
test
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What is the benefit of studying bitwise operators?
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112485
test
7fa18f8a-6639-4c52-9c41-8cb5f72be17c
Reference public exposed property or private field in other parts of a class
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test
9b9e0047-256f-46e1-8003-5647aeb52900
Making money with Open Source as a developer?
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100685
test
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Compiler Warnings
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test
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Which Agile methodology could my small team use?
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How granular should TDD tests be?
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Unit testing internal components
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16732
test
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Building a DSL: Scripted atop a general-purpose language or stand-alone?
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39282
test
f4bedf88-9f16-4e19-bd67-1fa3803fbe03
Is it bad practice to use public fields?
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test
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What do great APIs have in common?
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test
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How do I comply with the EU Cookie Directive?
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test
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Why functional programming?
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test
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The importance of javascript and the best way to learn it?
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38566
test
a4993653-46b4-4130-935f-dd8907e2acde
Over thinking development
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How to know what to test in TDD?
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237065
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What does "general purpose system" mean for Java SE Embedded?
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166798
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Do I need to know how to program before going to university if I want to study programming?
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136195
test
686d5f95-7170-431b-8057-f188efd2432c
Keep coding the wrong way to remain consistent?
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155469
test
09df891a-277f-400a-8a6d-51bd7837dda0
Can someone help me understand MVC?
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250164
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What is a Non-Functional Requirement?
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How does one become a leader in a team of programmers?
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Relative value of manual vs automated testing
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Interviewing a developer who's skilled in a language you don't know
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96638
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17ab6cc9-3bb4-44fe-a036-0554891f0716
After how much experience, should one start to use a framework for serious development?
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test
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Is using build-in sorting considered cheating in practice tests?
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test
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XML vs SQL for content display on an ecommerce website
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test
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How can I be more productive at work? (additional context inside)
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78903
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Is there a list of common usernames to reserve in a new system?
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test
6f5927d3-2052-459e-9416-da2d5673caba
How to learn new technologies in short period of time?
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251222
test
89f28851-a240-4a1c-9393-7480f39b206f
EAV - is it really bad in all scenarios?
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93124
test
3525e383-57d0-43d1-bed2-3313531854a1
The Singleton Pattern
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test
962343db-143b-4147-a2dd-77ecea9cde86
I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?
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35074
test
541f778a-6f81-4373-a754-acf6fee37179
What are practitioner's thoughts of the IEEE software engineering certifications?
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test
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How did the idea of Exception-handling emerge into programming languages?
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95786
test
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Why should I adopt MVC?
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test
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Where can I find statistics / figures on how long testing should / could take?
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test
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Where do you find the time?
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How to Structure Bonuses for Software Developers?
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Licensing for hosted open source and 3rd party libraries
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Architectural differences between dynamic and static languages
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105380
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c92719fa-acd0-4311-bb7c-dbf6535c4c69
How do you take advantage of your whiteboard in your development team?
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27022
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Will using Linux make me a better programmer?
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Proper syntax formatting for SQL?
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Raw JavaScript or jQuery? Where to start from?
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Why does File.Open in .Net throw exceptions and not follow exception handling best practices?
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How to sell a high SO reputation at an interview
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Would you allow your programmers to use Messenger and social networks like Facebook?
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Is Java (still) the cross platform language of choice?
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How do you feel that it is time to move and learn another programming language?
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Day-to-Day Differences between Software Engineering and Web Developer Positions
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Is there a language that transcompiles to C with a better syntax?
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How to do you judge the value of using TDD or plain unit testing in an Open Source project? Is there a good rule of thumb?
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