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Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x. This badge can be awarded multiple times.
Awarded 418 times.
How to analyze and understand the use/application of a "class" in a colossal million-line legacy code base?
Awarded Jul 7 at 14:28
Are there advantages to hard-coding data values into a program?
Awarded Jun 3 at 19:22
How can an interpreter run code without translating into machine code?
Awarded May 20 at 12:06
Best practice for redundant conditions in if-elif-else statements
Awarded Oct 10, 2023 at 17:52
Which order to define getters and setters in?
Awarded Sep 27, 2023 at 13:50
How can I protect an SQL connection string in a client-side application?
Awarded Sep 13, 2023 at 13:36
Alternatives to the singleton pattern
Awarded Sep 11, 2023 at 14:03
Is declarative programming just imperative programming 'under the hood'?
Awarded Aug 22, 2023 at 12:32
What performance can we expect from std::string's c_str()? Always constant time?
Awarded Jan 7, 2023 at 6:05
When and why would we use immutable pointees?
Awarded Oct 6, 2022 at 11:57
Is it Good Practice to Only Expose Interfaces
Awarded Sep 21, 2022 at 9:56
How can I efficiently diff a CSV file against a database?
Awarded Aug 31, 2022 at 22:16
How much time should you spend planning a commit before writing code?
Awarded Aug 8, 2022 at 8:55
Am I right that switching programming languages will have little impact on the scalability of a CRUD API?
Awarded May 11, 2022 at 20:18
Why do so many standards for JSON API response formats contain a "success" property in the response body instead of just using HTTP status codes?
Awarded Mar 23, 2022 at 19:16
Forbid calls to arbitrary functions/classes in external code
Awarded Mar 2, 2022 at 2:30
What is the point of repeatedly executing the same test?
Awarded Dec 24, 2021 at 15:16
Should I assume data passed to my function is accurate?
Awarded Dec 2, 2021 at 20:08
Is there an industry standard for gender model other than male and female?
Awarded Sep 30, 2021 at 22:21
Deploying code without unit tests to give testers more time
Awarded Aug 30, 2021 at 0:19
What's the name of the antipattern opposite to "reinventing the wheel"?
Awarded Aug 3, 2021 at 22:48
Is denormalising a database for speed an anti-pattern?
Awarded Jun 15, 2021 at 13:01
How do interactions between objects work?
Awarded Jun 4, 2021 at 16:10
Getting buy-in for cleaner and more structured code
Awarded Apr 27, 2021 at 9:16
Why is JavaScript not compiled to bytecode before sending over the network?
Awarded Apr 17, 2021 at 19:55
C# 8 non-nullable references and the Try pattern
Awarded Apr 7, 2021 at 19:16
Is it poor practice to name a property/member the same as the declaring type in C#?
Awarded Mar 8, 2021 at 3:42
Why would patient management systems not assert limits for certain biometric data?
Awarded Feb 18, 2021 at 16:11
Why not expose a primary key
Awarded Jan 27, 2021 at 22:56
Where can I find requirements specification for Open Source software?
Awarded Jan 25, 2021 at 22:41
What makes a project big?
Awarded Dec 17, 2020 at 14:35
C# namespace and class naming convention for libraries
Awarded Dec 17, 2020 at 0:04
Is an empty 'while' loop bad practice?
Awarded Dec 1, 2020 at 10:05
Which object should have the method?
Awarded Oct 30, 2020 at 21:48
Are C++ templates just a kind of glorified macros?
Awarded Oct 3, 2020 at 15:05
What is a domain?
Awarded Oct 2, 2020 at 19:58
Can I use additional parameters in recursion problems?
Awarded Sep 4, 2020 at 13:48
What term describes a list of exactly length 1?
Awarded Aug 27, 2020 at 11:56
Ways to explain code when told it doesn't make sense
Awarded Jul 1, 2020 at 1:18
Automatic code generators
Awarded Jun 12, 2020 at 12:49
How relevant are Brainbench scores when evaluating candidates?
Awarded May 23, 2020 at 12:50
Clean Code: long names instead of comments
Awarded May 5, 2020 at 9:32
How to avoid comments about one line of code for cleanliness
Awarded Feb 6, 2020 at 6:55
Any technical reason not to use my own HTTP response code TEXT if I develop both server & Client?
Awarded Jan 26, 2020 at 17:05
Line break before or after binary operator?
Awarded Jan 3, 2020 at 19:55
Did the gradual shift in methodology of writing code affect system performance? And Should I care?
Awarded Dec 21, 2019 at 18:40
Unexpected Code Coverage Reduction
Awarded Nov 10, 2019 at 11:45
How are abstract database interfaces written to support multiple database types?
Awarded Nov 8, 2019 at 9:00
Can abstractions and good code practice in embedded C++ eliminate the need for the debugger?
Awarded Nov 4, 2019 at 10:30
Why don't RDBMSes return joined tables in a nested format?
Awarded Sep 24, 2019 at 18:15
Should newbies use IDE autocomplete (Intellisense)?
Awarded Sep 21, 2019 at 2:40
How can a class have multiple methods without breaking the single responsibility principle
Awarded Aug 1, 2019 at 13:30
Is it a good practice to use List of Enums?
Awarded Jul 22, 2019 at 10:00
Equivalent of SOLID principles for functional programming
Awarded Jul 6, 2019 at 16:30
How can I minimize git pain when everybody is working on master?
Awarded May 31, 2019 at 16:15
What is a proper use of downcasting?
Awarded May 29, 2019 at 8:50
What is the difference between function() and function(void)?
Awarded May 24, 2019 at 12:30
What is different between the internal design of Java and C++ that lets C++ have multiple inheritance?
Awarded May 11, 2019 at 22:05
Why Isn’t SQL More Refactorable?
Awarded May 2, 2019 at 0:30
Working through the single responsibility principle (SRP) in Python when calls are expensive
Awarded Apr 14, 2019 at 2:00
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