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You might be able to help me: Pre-post question review
I have a question in mind for the main site. The question has several parts that ultimately culminate in a single document: An Explainer. I would prefer to not go through all of the work to post the ...
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Why is the reception of 'why' questions so inconsistent?
Questions asking 'why' tend to get mixed reception. Sometimes they are upvoted and other times they are closed as opinion-based. See for yourself. Many seemingly equally valid questions (including my ...
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Tag usage guidance
Tl; Dr Should I make a post in Meta to ask guidance for the usage of the tags without usage guidance that I'm considering to use in my next question before posting it? Tags are part of the core ...
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Asking a good question about identity management
Some of my questions were not accepted well; I'll try my luck with Meta first. To formulate the topic/subject: given an auth API for user/group management: create users with passwords, add them to ...
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How can I improve this question about software architecture?
I have recently posted this question which quickly attracted downvotes and close votes. Some were accompanied by useful comments that helped me edit it to avoid some pitfalls (e.g. pros and cons). ...
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will it be a good fit for this site to ask for explanation of interface injection quoting from Wikipedia?
I just want to know whether the following question will be a good fit for this site. Question Starts : Quoting from Wikipedia : "The advantage of interface injection is that dependencies can be ...
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Can I ask here about nuances of a certain technology?
Essentially, I got confused about a certain behaviour of a well-known API and want to ask whether it does "the thing" "this" or "that" way. In the help page, it says to not ask anything about "...
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Is it allowed to ask questions about the content of a SE portfolio?
I have several questions about the content and requirements of a software engineer portfolio. For example: What kind of code examples are interesting? Which content is expected from a student applying ...