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I prefer to address coworkers that write bad code with "Hey, sh*t for brains!"
[edit]Oh geez, now that I actually read the article, I have to wonder, why all this politically correct warm fuzzy garbage? What ever happened to "we made a huge mistake hiring you. You're FIRED!" But no, we have to waste our time coddling incompetence. And I don't mean you should apply this to junior devs - you know what you're getting into -- this should be applied to those people who lie when they knowingly (or not) call themselves a "senior" developer.[/edit]
Marc
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Coding errors are fairly straight forward to address. If you have comprehensive coding standards and regular code reviews, then these sorts of awkward situations can be avoided altogether. What is more difficult are design flaws in someone else's code. It is easier to improve your coding skills than to improve your design skills.
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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Dominic Burford wrote: coding standards
So much this. Without a documented coding standard it becomes a clash of egos. "This is the way I would do it because (long-winded reasons trying to convince others).".
With a documented coding standard it becomes "This is a violation of rule #32. Fix it."
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Coding mnemonics, which help software developers remember everything from variable names to language syntax, can take many - sometimes odd - forms. Why is there no mnemonic to help me how to spell that word?
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Er, nope, never done that.
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After you figure out the mnemonic for "mnemonic", could you work on one for "diarrhea"?
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Dance I Am Really, Really Happy Evading Always?
TTFN - Kent
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LOL - That works for me!
"... I Am Really Really Happy ...
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Doesn't work for me, in the UK it is spelt diarrhoea.
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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My new life's work: acronyms for CP users' medical dilemmas 
Discomfort In A Rank Rivulet Here Outta (my) Elephanting Arse?
Dang, English is hard.
Couldn't fit "bonnet" in there anywhere.
TTFN - Kent
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Well, my daughter pronounces it "diarrhaa"
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I. Just. Remember. It. No. Tricks. Needed. It. Is. Not. That. Hard.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Not that hard, but my fingers keep wanting to put a 'u' in there. Just gassy, I guess.
TTFN - Kent
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Ahh, yes, that can hurt... But, Hakuna Matata
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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In Visual Studio 2015 RC the mnemonic is CTRL+. , CTRL + ., Google, CTRL + . , CTRL + ., Google etc.,
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I thought it was Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
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To remember metric prefixes I use the mnemonic: "Peta, Tera, Giga, Mega, Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Deci, Centi, Milli, Micro, Nano, Pico, Femto" 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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What helps me remember is the fact I use long, highly descriptive, names for Fields, Properties, Methods, Classes, etc. Being a speed typist helps 
cheers, Bill
«I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center» Kurt Vonnegut.
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The future for most publishers is likely that of pure content production only, save for the few who are destination sites capable of selling native advertising in stream Present company not included, of course
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Luckily or smartly, Microsoft has placed more than one mobile bet and it doesn’t intend to live and die with handsets. It has other bullets left in the chamber including Windows 10 and the cross-platform mobile apps too.
"What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger."
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French developer Kévin Dunglas has released the 1.0.0 beta version of API Platform, an open-source “API-first” PHP framework for creating interoperable single-page applications, native mobile apps, and websites. It is built on Symfony reusable PHP components.
In API-first framework, API code you!
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But wariness of the NSA as a software supplier will make it hard for the SIMP cyber security project to attract users. Honey-pot, or recruitment tool?
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From the governmental agency that brought you PRISM, it's...theoretically the opposite of that?
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Kent Sharkey wrote: Honey-pot, or recruitment tool?
Yes.
Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Windows 10's staggered timetable will kick off by early December. "Changes are taking the pace I'm going through"
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