Questions tagged [coding]
Coding is an alternative way to describe programming.
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Practical Advice for rapidly changing code maintainability [closed]
This question may get closed quickly, but I'll appreciate any advice I can get and all the resources I can find online about this topic aren't quite relevant to my case. I am a Math PhD student doing ...
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Looking for a sanity check, do you alphabetize your code? Is that even a thing? [closed]
I'm currently working with a group of developers (as outside contractors) on an existing codebase (in kotlin) and the lead dev (the client) is blocking merging of pull requests (GitHub) because ...
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What are programming languages written in?
Python is written in C, which is written in a C with an older compiler, which is written in a C with an even older compiler, which is written in B, which is written in BCPL. Presumably there is an ...
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Question about the tutorial purgatory in coding path
Dear all the programmers and overflow friend, First, I want to say thank you to stack overflow users for helping me finish 20% of my PhD project since last year (using python to draw some technical ...
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How do you know where you stopped in your codes after a 2-week break? [closed]
I just had a more than 2-week long vacation/business trip and I couldn't remember actually what was I working in my coding and where I stopped. Could someone recommend a best practice to solve this?
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On a once a day user action: 24 Hours Reset vs. Midnight Reset [closed]
When a user is able to perform an action only once a day, for example getting a free ticket for a competition, there are two possibilities I came across in my experience. 1) 24 Hours Reset If he ...
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How can we effectively manage software projects without killing creativity?
I am convinced that software development is essentially a creative process. I also believe that this is the case for all levels, from architecture to coding. What makes me think so? To put it very ...
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Combine if blocks with repetitive code
I have this piece of code if (!expr1) { codeblock1; } elseif (expr2) { codeblock2; codeblock1; } It is pissing the hell out of me because I am trying to refactor it in such a way that ...
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