Warning: This is a not very serious question/discussion that I am posting... but I am willing to bet that most developers have pondered this "issue"... ...

I've got a little Bash script that I use to access twitter and pop up a Growl notification in certain situations. What's the best way to handle storing my password with the script? ...

Consider a situation where I have three (or more) ways of performing a calculation, each of which can fail with an exception. In order to attempt each calculation until we find one that succeeds, I have been doing the following: ...

It seems to me like when people talk about algorithm complexity informally, they talk about big-oh. But in formal situations, I often see big-theta with the occasional big-oh thrown in. I know mathematically what the difference is between the two, but in English, in what situation would using big-oh...

Is there some easy way to rename a git submodule directory (other than going through the entire motion of deleting it and re-adding it with a new destination name). ...

I have to build a small webapp for a company to maintain their business data... Only those within the company will be using it, but we are planning to host it in public domain, so that the employees can connect to app from various locations. (Till now I have built web apps that are hosted internall...

I want to know the difference between a file descriptor and file pointer. 9 Answers 9 ...

With git rebase --interactive <commit> you can squash any number of commits together into a single one. 9 Answers ...

I have trouble seeing the utility of function pointers. I guess it may be useful in some cases (they exist, after all), but I can't think of a case where it's better or unavoidable to use a function pointer. ...

Disclaimer: I'm new to the REST school of thought, and I'm trying to wrap my mind around it. 6 Answers ...