Remy Porter

Computers were a mistake, which is why I'm trying to shoot them into space. Editor-in-Chief for TDWTF.

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Basically, a Smorgasbord

by Remy Porter in Coded Smorgasbord on 2025-09-04

It's that time to take a look at a few short snippets.

Boolean values can hold true or false. But is that truly self documenting? I think we need clearer variable names for this. Certainly, the snippet Nonymous found thinks so:

24 comments - Last comment @ 2025-09-06

Adding to the Argument

by Remy Porter in CodeSOD on 2025-09-03

David G saw a pull request with a surprisingly long thread of comments on it. What was weirder was that the associated ticket was all about adding a single parameter to an existing method. What could be generating that much discussion?

How could adding an argument add to an argument?

5 comments - Last comment @ 2025-09-04

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