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Devin AI: End of Software Engineers or Just A Tool?

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At first glance, the claims made by Cognition Labs regarding Devin look very ambitious and scary,...
At first glance, the claims made by Cognition Labs regarding Devin look very ambitious and scary, but if you dive deep, it’s actually a bit misleading and not as scary as people think.

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Go With the CI/CD Flow: Using Heroku Flow With Gitflow Branching

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In this article, we walk you through how to set up Heroku Flow for CI/CD using...
In this article, we walk you through how to set up Heroku Flow for CI/CD using a dev and main branch and a staging and production app.

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My Journey of Breaking into Big Tech (Or How I Ended up Joining Microsoft)

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Is Big Tech all it’s cracked up to be? Are the stereotypes true? How the heck...
Is Big Tech all it’s cracked up to be? Are the stereotypes true? How the heck can someone get into these big companies?

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How to Find the Stinky Parts of Your Code: 249 - Constants as Numbers

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You map concepts to optimized numbers.

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Code Smell 247 - Javascript Function Naming

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Some names in immature languages break the [bijection] principle. Avoid ambiguous or bad names. Wrap with...
Some names in immature languages break the [bijection] principle. Avoid ambiguous or bad names. Wrap with your functions. Use mature languages. Don't use *replace()* instead of *replaceAll()* in your code. Use *replaceFirst()* if you need to change only the first occurrence.

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Exploring My Journey: A Software Engineer in Constant Evolution

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Geolffrey Mena is a 35-year-old software engineer currently based in Nicaragua. He is passionate about understanding...
Geolffrey Mena is a 35-year-old software engineer currently based in Nicaragua. He is passionate about understanding the principles, methodologies, and patterns of this field. He excels in development with Python, Golang, and JavaScript/TypeScript/Node.

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A Dozen (or so) Learnings From 15 Years of Software Incident Management

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All of this is so SERIOUS! Money getting lost! Customers having a terrible experience! However, in...
All of this is so SERIOUS! Money getting lost! Customers having a terrible experience! However, in the midst of it all, I have found it to be critical to have a sense of humor. We shouldn’t forget that everyone is a human in this process and is going through varying degrees of stress. Injecting doses of humor at appropriate junctures helps relieve some of...

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Code Smell 246 - Modeling Expiration Dates

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In many systems, the expiry date of a credit card is often represented by simply using...
In many systems, the expiry date of a credit card is often represented by simply using a Date object. This can lead to potential issues and misunderstandings, especially when dealing with operations such as comparisons and calculations. It's generally considered a better practice to represent the expiration date with an adequate object.

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3 Examples of Regular Expressions in C# For Beginners

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Discover straightforward examples of regular expressions in C# for beginners, focusing on pattern matching and text...
Discover straightforward examples of regular expressions in C# for beginners, focusing on pattern matching and text manipulation. Explore practical regex patterns and tips to kickstart your understanding of regex in C# programming.

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Cracking System Design Interviews: Answers to Top 25 Interview Questions for Software Developers

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This comprehensive guide covers 25 crucial system design interview questions and solutions, offering insights into scalability,...
This comprehensive guide covers 25 crucial system design interview questions and solutions, offering insights into scalability, load balancing, proxies, sharding, and more. Perfect for acing technical interviews at FAANG and top tech companies.

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The 30-Day .NET Challenge - Day 18: AggressiveInlining Attribute

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One of the techniques to improve application performance involves the use of the AggressiveInlining attribute. It...
One of the techniques to improve application performance involves the use of the AggressiveInlining attribute. It influences the Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler’s behaviour to enhance the execution speed of critical methods. It can be used carefully as overuse or inappropriate use can lead to larger code size (code bloat)

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A Beginner's Guide to Regex Options in C#

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Discover the capabilities of regular expressions in C#, from pattern matching to text manipulation. Explore various...
Discover the capabilities of regular expressions in C#, from pattern matching to text manipulation. Explore various regex options, tips, and benchmarks to optimize your code and improve performance in software development tasks.

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Get An 87% Boost to Collection Initializer Performance in C#

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This article delves into the performance of collection initializers in C#, comparing various initialization methods using...
This article delves into the performance of collection initializers in C#, comparing various initialization methods using BenchmarkDotNet. It explores the impact of collection expressions, capacity settings, and manual initialization techniques on code efficiency, providing insights for optimization strategies.

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Top 10 Topics for System Design Interviews - Part 1

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Prepare for system design interviews with these essential topics covering scalability, fault tolerance, data storage, caching,...
Prepare for system design interviews with these essential topics covering scalability, fault tolerance, data storage, caching, message queues, and event-driven architecture. Enhance your technical interview performance with comprehensive knowledge and practical understanding. TLDR Summary: Mastering system design concepts like scalability, fault tolerance, data storage, caching, message queues, and event-driven architecture is crucial for excelling in technical interviews. Prepare effectively with these essential topics to...

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How to Prepare for System Design Interview in 2024?

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Hello guys, if you are preparing for software engineer interviews or software developer interviews, then you...
Hello guys, if you are preparing for software engineer interviews or software developer interviews, then you may know how difficult it is to prepare for system design interviews given its open-ended nature and vastness, but at the same time, you cannot ignore it. In the Software Engineering world, if you are applying for a Senior Engineer/Lead/Architect or a more senior role, System Design is...

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Code Smell 245 — Exec() and Eval()

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Don't use metaprogramming. It is not that cool.

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Code Coverage: I Don't Think You Know What This Means

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Code coverage is a poor metric for indicating whether or not your code has been tested...
Code coverage is a poor metric for indicating whether or not your code has been tested well. Instead, we should invert the metric, and use the term “Legacy Code”.

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Avoid This Debugging Nightmare Using Autofac In ASP NET Core

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Learn how to properly set up Autofac for dependency injection in ASP.NET Core projects, avoiding mistakes...
Learn how to properly set up Autofac for dependency injection in ASP.NET Core projects, avoiding mistakes and maximizing efficiency. Follow the recommended method using AutofacServiceProviderFactory and ContainerBuilder for seamless integration and robust dependency management.

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Exploring the Concept of Interception in Dependency Injection (DI) for Loosely Coupled Code

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Dependency Injection (DI) facilitates loosely coupled code by injecting required objects or functions into classes or...
Dependency Injection (DI) facilitates loosely coupled code by injecting required objects or functions into classes or functions. Interception, a component of DI, allows for the execution of code before or after a service call, promoting the Single Responsibility Principle. Interception is closely related to the Decorator pattern and supports addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns like error handling, security, and dynamic code generation in software development, resulting...

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C#: From Fundamentals to Advanced Techniques - A Beginner-Friendly CheatSheet

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The comprehensive C# Cheat Sheet is designed to aid developers in mastering key syntax and concepts...
The comprehensive C# Cheat Sheet is designed to aid developers in mastering key syntax and concepts related to C# programming.

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Death To The Invincible Engineer: Embracing Vulnerability in the Workplace

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How To Find a Sponsor Who Can Advocate For You

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Even a great product in the market can’t sell by itself. It needs good marketing to...
Even a great product in the market can’t sell by itself. It needs good marketing to get in front of the right customers. This applies to your work too.

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Safeguarding Concurrent Programs in Java: Thread Safety from an Object Oriented Perspective

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Fundamentally, thread-safety revolves around proper management of the shared state. In absence of such proper management,...
Fundamentally, thread-safety revolves around proper management of the shared state. In absence of such proper management, the program could potentially spiral into an invalid state when executed in a multi-threaded environment.

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What Is Programming's Worst Enemy?

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It is a written set of instructions (programs) that a machine will execute. So, we can...
It is a written set of instructions (programs) that a machine will execute. So, we can say that the programmer is the “creator” of the code, but who is the “user” of it? Maybe the machine?

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