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Must developers understand the business domain or should the specification be sufficient?

answered Apr 2, 2012 at 15:05

53 votes

Is it bad practice to name an unused variable with a single underscore?

answered May 4, 2012 at 13:26

47 votes

Stuff every programmer needs while working

answered Oct 12, 2010 at 19:03

40 votes

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Why do so few large websites run a Microsoft stack?

answered Nov 8, 2010 at 19:54

22 votes

Why is OOP difficult?

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 14:04

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Are Vim or Emacs practical for languages like .Net or Java?

answered Mar 25, 2011 at 17:33

11 votes

Whats the greatest most impressive programing feat you ever witnessed?

answered Nov 12, 2010 at 14:46

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Should you fix preexisting defects while working on something else?

answered Oct 26, 2010 at 20:59

8 votes

Why use string.Empty over "" when assigning to a string object

answered Mar 19, 2012 at 20:27

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Which language features are considered harmful?

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 21:56

7 votes

What is abstraction?

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 18:29

6 votes

What alternatives are there for cross cutting concerns other than aspect oriented programming?

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 21:13

6 votes

Object Oriented Programming Language performance ranking

answered Nov 2, 2010 at 19:19

6 votes

"Gödel, Escher, Bach" still valid today?

answered Nov 20, 2010 at 19:50

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Resources for functional programming beginner

answered Mar 8, 2011 at 16:50

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Why isn't Lisp more widespread?

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 4:07

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How do you debug without an IDE?

answered Jan 17, 2013 at 14:46

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What's the difference between dictionary word "Scheme" and Computer term "Schema"

answered Apr 29, 2012 at 6:40

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What are some good practices when trying to teach declarative programming to imperative programmers?

answered Oct 12, 2010 at 19:24

4 votes

How many hours can you be really productive per day? How?

answered Mar 9, 2011 at 14:44

4 votes

Do you perfect your code as you go or FINISH the product first, improve structure later

answered May 9, 2012 at 13:06

3 votes

Is there a language between C and C++?

answered Apr 1, 2012 at 17:01

3 votes

How To Know When To Stop Testing?

answered Nov 30, 2010 at 14:23

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Is a Ruby 'Web App' designed differently than a PHP 'Web Site'?

answered Nov 4, 2010 at 22:15

2 votes

What kind of problems does MapReduce solve?

answered Apr 23, 2012 at 13:28

2 votes

I want to build a Virtual Machine, are there any good references?

answered Dec 4, 2012 at 16:34

2 votes

Keeping an enum and a table in sync

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 5:01

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What build tools do not depend on java (or Ruby)?

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 5:10

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What build tools do not depend on java (or Ruby)?

answered Nov 29, 2012 at 19:49

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Language that can statically ensure a map's fields are present

answered Apr 26, 2012 at 14:15

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Must developers understand the business domain or should the specification be sufficient?

Is it bad practice to name an unused variable with a single underscore?

Stuff every programmer needs while working

Why do so few large websites run a Microsoft stack?

Why is OOP difficult?

Are Vim or Emacs practical for languages like .Net or Java?

Whats the greatest most impressive programing feat you ever witnessed?

Should you fix preexisting defects while working on something else?

Why use string.Empty over "" when assigning to a string object

Which language features are considered harmful?

What is abstraction?

What alternatives are there for cross cutting concerns other than aspect oriented programming?

Object Oriented Programming Language performance ranking

"Gödel, Escher, Bach" still valid today?

Resources for functional programming beginner

Why isn't Lisp more widespread?

How do you debug without an IDE?

What's the difference between dictionary word "Scheme" and Computer term "Schema"

What are some good practices when trying to teach declarative programming to imperative programmers?

How many hours can you be really productive per day? How?

Do you perfect your code as you go or FINISH the product first, improve structure later

Is there a language between C and C++?

How To Know When To Stop Testing?

Is a Ruby 'Web App' designed differently than a PHP 'Web Site'?

What kind of problems does MapReduce solve?

I want to build a Virtual Machine, are there any good references?

Keeping an enum and a table in sync

What build tools do not depend on java (or Ruby)?

What build tools do not depend on java (or Ruby)?

Language that can statically ensure a map's fields are present