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Why are module-specific prefixes widely used for function names in C modules?
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Should I use a global logging variable?
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Are the Stack and Heap hardware, OS, or language-specific concepts?
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Why doesn't Git set the file time?
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Why do so many languages treat numbers starting with 0 as octal?
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Why does expressing calculations as matrix multiplications make them faster?
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What is the meaning of fan-out
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Where did the notion of 'calling' a function come from?
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Why would many duck-typed dynamic programming languages use a class-based approach instead of prototype-based OOP?
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Does the Factory Pattern violate the Open/Closed Principle?
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Why are cons lists associated with functional programming?
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How can Rust be "safer" and "faster" than C++ at the same time?
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What is the effect of creating unit tests during development on time to develop as well as time spent in maintenance activities?
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Is it okay to go against all-caps naming for enums to make their String representation simpler?
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"Use map instead of class to represent data" -Rich Hickey
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Exceptions in DDD
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Should frontend and backend be on separate GitHub repos?
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What is the good explanation of Tennent's Correspondence Principle?
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Why use Either over (checked) Exception?
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Service layer returns DTO to controller but need it to return model for other services
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Using "iff" in documentation [closed]
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Any basic difference between Unix and Linux in design and other aspects? [closed]
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Is it good practice to store software version numbers in VCS?
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Shouldn't deep copy be the default, not shallow copy?
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Solutions for floating point rounding errors
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Is the use of ***Helper or *** Util classes containing just static methods an AntiPattern
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Should an ASP.NET MVC application directly use Entity Framework as the model?
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Is there a downside to using AggressiveInlining on simple properties?
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DDD - Are 'use cases' and 'application services' different names for the same thing?
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What is the pattern for a safe interface in C++
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What is the difference between channel-based I/O and stream-based I/O in java?
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Why don't programming languages or IDEs support attaching descriptive metadata to variables?
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How to Respond to Directive: "Move Our Entire Website to a CMS Service"
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Do I really need a unit test framework?
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How to architecture a realtime-heavy websockets-based web application?
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Leading a not-so-good team
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How do you scale your integration testing?
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How far can you push Object Oriented Programming?
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Patterns for passing context through a method chain
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Self-documenting Code vs Commented Code
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In functional programming, are local mutable variables with no side effects still considered "bad practice"?
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Is method overriding always a violation of Liskov Substitution Principle?
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Parameters are passed by value, but editing them will edit the actual object (like passed by reference)? [duplicate]
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Environment naming standards in software development?
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Avoiding throw because we are not sure the exceptions will always be caught
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Is it bad practice to store a user's email address in a JWT?
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Is **kwargs an antipattern?
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How to use unit tests when using BDD?
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How does one decide if a data object type should be designed to be immutable?
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is it realistic to make use of HTML5 local storage to store CSS, and JavaScript
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Debugging memory corruption
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How to give feedback on a badly reviewed PR
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How do unit tests facilitate refactoring without introducing regressions?
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How would one go about building pluggable software?
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Where does Objective-C fall in the language performance continuum?
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Git branching strategy for long-running unreleased code
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Dealing with state problems in functional programming
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Why is XSLT so rarely used on the web? [closed]
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In C/C++, should I use 'const' in parameters and local variables when possible?
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Can I safely ignore byte order in networking?
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