Ed Guiness

United Kingdom

Age: 43

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I run socialcoder.org, a volunteering site for programmers.

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I need this baby in a month - send me nine women!

project-management asked Sep 16 '08 at 20:21

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Best programming novel to take on holiday

books asked Sep 25 '08 at 14:08

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53 votes

Unhandled exceptions in BackgroundWorker

c# .net multithreading debugging backgroundworker asked Nov 3 '08 at 13:50

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25 votes

SQL Server Views, blessing or curse?

sql asked Sep 3 '08 at 21:17

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24 votes

subversion cherry picking

svn asked Sep 24 '08 at 10:05

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18 votes

What's the point of the var keyword?

c# variables boo asked Oct 16 '08 at 15:59

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18 votes

Best way to relate code smells to a non technical audience?

code-reviews communication code-smell non-technical asked Nov 26 '08 at 14:23

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16 votes

Does anyone still believe in the Capability Maturity Model for Software?

process-management cmmi asked Sep 15 '08 at 18:12

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11 votes

C# - Don't monkey with the loop index

c# code-review for-loop cluestick asked Jan 19 '09 at 9:43

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11 votes

How can I determine property types using reflection?

c# .net reflection asked Feb 6 '09 at 14:10

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What's your most controversial programming opinion?

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What is a suitable word to describe a place where two rivers meet?

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Can you use reflection to find the name of the currently executing method?

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Is Unit Testing worth the effort?

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Unhandled exceptions in BackgroundWorker

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Do you say No to C# Regions?

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HTTP URI GET limit

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Is it unreasonable to assign a MySQL database to each user on my site?

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Should application architects write code?

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What does $#array mean in Perl?

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What are the conventional words for characters (A-Z)?

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Please explain this Perl regular expression

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What's an English word that means “a community of experts”?

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What is the difference between 20$ and $20?

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Learning Regular Expressions

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On K.I.S.S and paving cowpaths

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How do I convert a binary string to a number in Perl?

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Is there a verb for “adding something in front”?

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How to determine which process is holding a file in Windows

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Is there a more common phrase that means “preponed”?

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What word defines a category suited for both header and footer?

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perl read a file into an array

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How I can delete in VIM all text from current line to end of file?

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Extreme Programming, does it work?

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Can there ever be a “silver bullet” for software development?

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Visual Studio code formatting

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How to pronounce Louis Armstrong

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Do “good for you” and “I am happy for you” have a negative or positive connotation?

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Word for a person with a negative attitude

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A single word for someone who is not pleased no matter how hard you try

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