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We’re treating our readers as intelligent beings who can use Google and/or StackOverflow, where all such specific questions were answered more than once.

What you will find is opinions, more opinions, and even more opinions on all the aspects of software development - and with a large chunk of them based on real-world experience too.

Your mileage may vary. Batteries not included.

 

On Programming Language Complexity, or Our Brain as a CPU with 7+-2 Registers

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Quote: “Let’s consider our brain as a CPU, which consists of the control unit, ALU, and 7+-2 registers.”
Another Quote: “Moving C++ one step farther from being a brainfuck is IMNSHO always a Good Thing(tm)”
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A Usable C++ Dialect that is Safe Against Memory Corruption

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Quote: “we DID get a perfectly usable C++ dialect which is also 100% safe against memory corruption and against memory leaks.”
Another Quote: “we can (and often SHOULD) have different approaches to safety of the Reactor::react() and the rest of the code.”
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C++: Thoughts on Dealing with Signed/Unsigned Mismatch

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Quote: “we’re just narrowly avoiding a disaster without understanding how close we were”
Another Quote: “there is a chance that intuitive::lt MIGHT be a good thing to make behaviour of our C++ code to correspond better to our-expectations-when-we’re-reading-it”
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C++17 Compiler Bug Hunt: Very First Results (12 bugs reported, 3 already fixed)

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Quote: “Hey, if all I have is lemons – I have no choice but to make lemonade out of them!”
Another Quote: “if reproducible serious bugs are ignored for many months, it indicates one of three possibilities”
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Bot Fighting 104. Known Bots and Environment Scans.

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Quote: “Most of multi-million-dollar games have a special team dealing specifically with public and semi-private bots.”
Another Quote: “it might help to ensure that whatever-information-you-collect, DOES NOT leave the player’s box”
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7 DevOps Mistakes that should be avoided

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Quote: “I used to think I was doing DevOps because I was using Jenkins and because development and operations were working together. How naive.”
Another Quote: “Your job is done when you meet your customer’s expectations after delivery. “
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