Spending a lot of time on ux.stackexchange.com these days. A few projects on GitHub. On Twitter I'm @patrick_mc.
Favorite Books for Programmers
- Clean Code by Robert C. Martin
- The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt & Thomas
- Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers
- Refactoring by Martin Fowler
- The Inmates are Running the Asylum by Alan Cooper
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To use or not to use "Zebra Stripes", or Alternating Row Colors for Tables The last sentence was kind of contrary to the site's guidelines. :) |
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How do I make this Delivery calculator more efficient? refactored for simplicity |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? added 206 characters in body |
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CodeKit - any way to ignore js? @MaxArt CodeKit's not an IDE, boss. |
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CodeKit - any way to ignore js? Put the TLDR at the top. |
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How to develop and test an app that sends emails (without filling someone's mailbox with test data)? added 245 characters in body |
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How to develop and test an app that sends emails (without filling someone's mailbox with test data)? Added summary so it's more than just a link. |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? Thank you. I edited the title on the SMTP question. I couldn't find a way to improve the SQL question and I'm frankly surprised so many people have found it useful. |
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How to develop and test an app that sends emails (without filling someone's mailbox with test data)? edited title |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? I'm sorry, what were we talking about? |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? @Servy I was venting at Won't, not you. I know moderators have a difficult, thankless job. I was one for a while. But ooh, cookie! |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? @Servy Fine, then help me understand how to write better questions in the future. That would be helpful. What's not helpful is "This looks like a shopping question. Anything that looks like a shopping question is definitely a shopping question and therefore inherently bad and cannot be improved. You did a bad job and you should feel bad." |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? See @Rachel's answer. She's the only one who seems to get it. |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? @Won't It has nothing to do with being mine. I asked the question after noticing how many people found them useful in the comments. It's not about "Why won't you treat my shopping question differently?" It's about "How can I fix this so it's not a shopping question?" |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? It's pointing people in the right direction, and helping them get to solutions faster than if the question hadn't existed. Still, is it possible to improve the question to encourage better answers so future vistors arrive at solutions even faster? |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? The SMTP one has mostly link-only answers. The answers to the SQL client question tend to provide more context. |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? Point number 1 is solved by point number 2 and vice versa. :P |
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Is it possible to rephrase questions asking if a tool exists to better fit SE's Q&A format? By that logic, is a programming problem with several possible solutions a "list" question? The goal of these questions was not to create a list of things, but to find one thing that works. |
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