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Re:Maintaining code quality when nobody cares on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @01:26PM (#16369443)
Or you can do pair and/or mob programming, where the review happens as the code is created. This eliminates the feedback loop and the creation of throwaway code.
Re:Maintaining code quality when nobody cares on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @01:19PM (#16369366)
They are related in that quality code is code that is both correct now and can easily be made correct when things change--and things always change. Unit tests are what enable correctness in the future.
Re:Norway to switch off FM in 2017 on Sunday April 19, 2015 @11:32AM (#9403514)
I do hope they've got a plan for maritime weather broadcasts. A lot of sailors from all over the world rely on FM radios to keep them alive.
Re:SanDisk SD memory card 'largest ever' on Friday September 12, 2014 @11:12AM (#8308428)
Now you can lose even more pictures and video when your SD goes bad. Woohoo!

There are a lot of photographers who won't use SDs larger than 8GB for just that reason--lose one, you don't lose everything.

Re:The Good, the Bad and the GUI on Monday September 08, 2014 @11:44AM (#8285389)
The concept of zero is at least 3,700 years old. The Egyptians used it in their accounting. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_numerals#Zero_and_nega...