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Will high reputation in Stack Overflow help to get a good job?
In a post, Joel Spolsky mentioned that 5 digit Stack Overflow reputation can help you to earn a job paying $100k+. How much of that is real?
Would anyone like to share their success in getting a high paid job by virtue of their reputations on Stack…
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Is it good practice to always have an autoincrement integer primary key?
In my databases, I tend to get into the habit of having an auto-incrementing integer primary key with the name id for every table I make so that I have a unique lookup for any particular row.
Is this considered a bad idea? Are there any drawbacks to…
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Why do ads for s/w engineers always say they "offer a fast-paced environment"?
Who wants to work in a fast-paced environment? Not me! I want a civilized environment where people have a sense of balance. Higher quality work gets done that way and work life isn't full of stress and anguish.
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Is there a name for the (anti- ) pattern of passing parameters that will only be used several levels deep in the call chain?
I was trying to find alternatives to the use of global variable in some legacy code. But this question is not about the technical alternatives, I'm mainly concerned about the terminology.
The obvious solution is to pass a parameter into the…
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New developer can't keep up with branch merges
I am the new developer - this is my first programming position.
My issue is this: We use git - I cut a branch from our develop branch, then I start working on the minor task I've been assigned. It's very slow, because I'm inexperienced. By the time…
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Best existing license for closed-source code
I'm creating a few closed-source applications on my own (no big company behind me) and am wondering exactly how to protect them. At the top of all the source code files I have this pretty basic copyright…
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How do I prevent Scrum from turning great developers into average developers?
I found this also happened in my team although he may have exaggerated the situation a little bit.
Scrum is a way to take a below average or poor developer and turn them
into an average developer. It's also great at taking great developers
and…
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Why do people hesitate to use Python 3?
Python 3 was released in December 2008. A lot of time has passed since then but still today many developers hesitate to use Python 3. Even popular frameworks like Django are not compatible with Python 3 yet but still rely on Python 2.
Sure, Python 3…
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Why is naming a table's Primary Key column "Id" considered bad practice?
My t-sql teacher told us that naming our PK column "Id" is considered bad practice without any further explanations.
Why is naming a table PK column "Id" is considered bad practice?
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When do you use float and when do you use double
Frequently, in my programming experience, I need to make a decision whether I should use float or double for my real numbers. Sometimes I go for float, sometimes I go for double, but really this feels more subjective. If I would be confronted to…
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How much should I be using 'let' vs 'const' in ES6?
I've been writing a lot of ES6 code for io.js recently. There isn't much code in the wild to learn from, so I feel like I'm defining my own conventions as I go.
My question is about when to use const vs let.
I've been applying this rule: If…
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Strategy for keeping secret info such as API keys out of source control?
I'm working on a website that will allow users to log in using OAuth credentials from the likes of Twitter, Google, etc. To do this, I have to register with these various providers and get a super-secret API key that I have to protect with pledges…
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Why doesn't HTTP have POST redirect?
HTTP redirects are done via HTTP codes 301, and 302 (maybe other codes also) and a header field known as "Location" which has the address of the new place to go. However, browsers always send a "GET" request to that URL.
However, many times you…
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Why do we need so many classes in design patterns?
I am junior developer among seniors and am struggling a lot with understanding their thinking, reasoning.
I am reading Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and can't understand why we need to create so many classes. If we follow that method of designing…
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Why aren't more desktop apps written with Qt?
As far as I know and have understood in my experience with Qt, it's a very good and easy to learn library. It has a very well designed API and is cross-platform, and these are just two of the many features that make it attractive. I'm interested to…
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