Splitting up the work is time consuming with few benefits. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. durron597 asks: I was naughty. Too much “cowboy coding,” not enough committing. Now, ...

When handling exceptions, throw when the errors occur. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. here asks: There are many well-known best practices about exception handling in isolation. I know ...

To-do lists are lifesavers. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. TheIndependentAquarius asks: I was working on a project three months ago when suddenly another urgent project appeared and I was ...

Practice makes better software. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. davidk01 asks: When Murray Gell-Mann was asked how Richard Feynman managed to solve so many hard problems Gell-Mann responded ...

Decades ago, compilation was much simpler. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. anguyen asks: The first compiler was written by Grace Hopper in 1952 while the Lisp interpreter was ...

Compiling allows you to fix errors quickly. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. CaptainCodeman asks: I recently had a job interview in which they gave me an hour to write some ...

Switching to a new version isn’t worth the time or the risk. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. Radu Murzea asks: First, some context (stuff that most of you ...

Bad code can be salvaged; resist the urge to rewrite the software. Stack Exchange This Q&A is part of a weekly series of posts highlighting common questions encountered by technophiles and answered by users at Stack Exchange, a free, community-powered network of 100+ Q&A sites. solidsnake asks: I’m a beginner Web developer (one year of experience). ...