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What is a byte stream actually?

answered Nov 5, 2013 at 17:13

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How to communicate that insertion order matters in a map?

answered Oct 31, 2017 at 13:19

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What is a term for a function that when called repeatedly, has the same effect as calling once?

answered Mar 4, 2019 at 7:48

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Using #ifdef to switch between different types of behavior during development

answered Dec 20, 2017 at 11:49

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Does comparing equality of float numbers mislead junior developers even if no rounding error occurs in my case?

answered Jan 31, 2018 at 7:36

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What does the author mean by casting the interface reference to any implementation?

answered Sep 11, 2017 at 8:08

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Should you use a library when you can do the task without it?

answered Oct 15, 2018 at 6:39

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How do you justify more code being written by following clean code practices?

answered Mar 18, 2019 at 12:30

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How to affect priorities to bugs to developers and treat them accordingly?

answered Dec 3, 2018 at 13:12

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Why define a Java object using interface (e.g. Map) rather than implementation (HashMap)

answered Jan 27, 2014 at 16:56

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What are the practices you follow to avoid wrong data updates in big databases?

answered Jan 25, 2018 at 9:57

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Java - Is it a bad idea to have fully static classes?

answered Apr 11, 2018 at 6:30

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Class with members that are mutable during creation but immutable afterwards

answered Jul 27, 2015 at 9:15

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How many design patterns and levels of abstraction are necessary?

answered Jun 22, 2017 at 12:41

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What is the best way to initialize a child's reference to its parent?

answered Oct 31, 2014 at 16:13

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What is a proper way to do a complex RESTful search method?

answered Jul 19, 2017 at 12:08

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How did they debug segmentation faults before protected memory?

answered Apr 29, 2013 at 10:52

22 votes

Should we persist with an employee still writing bad code after many years?

answered Jun 26, 2013 at 14:22

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Configuration data: single-row table vs. name-value-pair table

answered Sep 4, 2012 at 14:58

21 votes

Builder Pattern: When to fail?

answered May 28, 2014 at 12:30

19 votes

How can open source projects be successful without documentation about their design or architecture?

answered Jun 29, 2011 at 10:02

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Is a degree needed for low-level/embedded programming jobs?

answered Nov 10, 2010 at 15:43

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Forward declaration vs include

answered Apr 23, 2013 at 7:51

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Is web session "Bad Design"? Why?

answered Jun 20, 2013 at 14:07

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How can I tell if I am overusing multi-threading?

answered Nov 6, 2013 at 14:33

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Best approach for multilingual Java Enum

answered Sep 20, 2014 at 17:19

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Is it better to use strings or int to reference enums outside the java part of the system?

answered Dec 16, 2014 at 13:16

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What is "premature abstraction"?

answered Feb 4, 2019 at 7:23

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How to specify many ids and their variable name in a REST API request?

answered Jun 27, 2017 at 12:03

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How do you get users to rank their software enhancement needs?

answered Jun 26, 2013 at 8:49

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What is a byte stream actually?

How to communicate that insertion order matters in a map?

What is a term for a function that when called repeatedly, has the same effect as calling once?

Using #ifdef to switch between different types of behavior during development

Does comparing equality of float numbers mislead junior developers even if no rounding error occurs in my case?

What does the author mean by casting the interface reference to any implementation?

Should you use a library when you can do the task without it?

How do you justify more code being written by following clean code practices?

How to affect priorities to bugs to developers and treat them accordingly?

Why define a Java object using interface (e.g. Map) rather than implementation (HashMap)

What are the practices you follow to avoid wrong data updates in big databases?

Java - Is it a bad idea to have fully static classes?

Class with members that are mutable during creation but immutable afterwards

How many design patterns and levels of abstraction are necessary?

What is the best way to initialize a child's reference to its parent?

What is a proper way to do a complex RESTful search method?

How did they debug segmentation faults before protected memory?

Should we persist with an employee still writing bad code after many years?

Configuration data: single-row table vs. name-value-pair table

Builder Pattern: When to fail?

How can open source projects be successful without documentation about their design or architecture?

Is a degree needed for low-level/embedded programming jobs?

Forward declaration vs include

Is web session "Bad Design"? Why?

How can I tell if I am overusing multi-threading?

Best approach for multilingual Java Enum

Is it better to use strings or int to reference enums outside the java part of the system?

What is "premature abstraction"?

How to specify many ids and their variable name in a REST API request?

How do you get users to rank their software enhancement needs?