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Categories / Not So Stupid Questions
Not So Stupid Question 329 What Are Explaining Variables
2024-02-23    
(Not So) Stupid Question 328: What Is a Rage Click?
2022-05-06    
(Not so) Stupid Question 327: What is MQTT?
2019-08-08    
(Not so) Stupid Question 326: Should I avoid storing passwords and secrets in version control?
2019-07-31    
(Not so) Stupid Question 325: Should I use test coverage & use thresholds to pass builds?
2019-06-19    
(Not so) Stupid Question 324: What are Emmet abbreviations?
2019-03-24    
(Not so) Stupid Question 323: What is AvaloniaUI?
2019-02-18    
(Not so) Stupid Question 322: How much time do other developers spend weekly to stay current?
2019-02-13    
(Not so) Stupid Question 321: Where does the Maintainability Index calculation come from?
2019-02-03    
(Not so) Stupid Question 320: How much time do you spend each week to stay current with NET & Microsoft technologies?
2019-01-26    
(Not so) Stupid Question 319: What is Lift and Shift?
2019-01-20    
(Not so) Stupid Question 318: Does ASPNET Core support the full NET Framework?
2019-01-13    
(Not so) Stupid Question 317: What is Kusto?
2019-01-05    
(Not so) Stupid Question 316: What is Windows Sandbox?
2018-12-20    
(Not so) Stupid Questions 315: Should I use configuration files instead of environment variables?
2018-12-13    
(Not so) Stupid Questions 314: Should the header be Referrer or Referer?
2018-12-09    
(Not so) Stupid Questions 312-313: What is request throttling and why use it?
2018-10-30    
(Not so) Stupid Questions 307-311:NET Core and NET Standard, unit testing and SpanT
2018-10-18    
(Not so) Stupid Question 305: What is a transitive dependency?
2018-02-16    
(Not so) Stupid Question 304: Is a physical password manager (notebook) a good idea?
2017-10-18    
(Not so) Stupid Question 303:Does the GDPR require two-factor authentication from companies processing personal data?
2017-10-06    
(Not so) Stupid Question 302: If a service is not hosted in the EU, does the GDPR still apply if the service offers services to EU subjects?
2017-09-26    
(Not so) Stupid Question 301:What is a candy drop or USB drop attack?
2017-09-18    
(Not so) Stupid Question 300:Where does the preference for dark editors come from?
2017-06-30    
(Not so) Stupid Question 299: Where does the editor war stem from?
2017-06-21    
(Not so) Stupid Question 297 & 298: What is a subsea datacenter and what is the environmental impact?
2017-06-10    
(Not so) Stupid Question 296: What are the pros and cons of excluding folders in Defender?
2016-11-29    
(Not so) Stupid Question 295: What is a retrospective? (How our team does retrospectives)
2016-11-08    
(Not so) Stupid Question 294: Where in a release cycle does a perpetual beta belong?
2016-10-17    
(Not so) Stupid Question 293: What is a buddy class?
2016-10-12    
(Not so) Stupid Question 292: How does blue-green deployment work?
2016-10-11    
(Not so) Stupid Question 290-291: What is OWASP, and what is the WebGoat project?
2016-07-13    
(Not so) Stupid Question 289: What is the Flesch-Kincaid readability test(s)?
2016-04-29    
(Not so) Stupid Question 288: What is RaaS?
2016-03-22    
(Not so) Stupid Question 284-287: What is cyclomatic complexity, how do you calculate it and what does the score mean?
2016-01-23    
(Not so) Stupid Question 284: What is LiFi?
2016-01-12    
(Not so) Stupid Question 283: What is string interpolation?
2016-01-02    
(Not so) Stupid Question 282: Why RGB and not RYB?
2016-01-01    
(Not so) Stupid Questions 278-281 SharePoint- Pain and pleasure
2014-05-22    
(Video/audio) Stupid Questions 274-277: What is event sourcing, aggregate roots and event bus?
2014-05-09    
10 questions on MOOC and tech classes answered (Stupid question 264-274)
2014-01-07    
Is use of default parameters/optional arguments a bad practice in C#? (Q263)
2013-12-29    
Measuring up – conference scores for my first year speaking, comparing what I expected to what I actually got (Q258-261)
2013-11-19    
Stupid Question 256-257: What is differential debugging, and how do I compare files in PowerShell?
2013-10-24    
How do I query a SQL Server DB using PowerShell, and how do I filter, format and output to a file? (Stupid Question 251-255)
2013-10-16    
What is JSFiddle? The ultimate guide for the ultimate lightweight tool (Q 249 & 250)
2013-10-14    
Burning out, the what, why and who (Question 245-248)
2013-10-07    
Stupid Question 243-244: Are components(CBD) easier to use than objects(OOP), and what is Component Based Development?
2013-09-27    
Week 38-2013 Video and Stupid Question 241-242: With an overwhelming amount of information how do I pick, and how do I make it 'stick'?
2013-09-24    
Dirty fix: Search in Windows 81 does not work (Stupid Question 240: What is SearchIndexerexe)
2013-09-15    
Stupid Question 238-239: Should I do code Katas and what is a Kata?
2013-09-11    
Stupid Question 237: Python in Visual Studio, really?
2013-09-05    
Stupid Question 235-236: What is UEFI, and what is Secure Boot?
2013-09-03    
Stupid Question 234: Do I need to know math to be a developer? What about logic, statistics, and linear programming?
2013-09-02    
Stupid Question 232-233: What are environment variables, and do I set and use environment variables in Command Prompt and PowerShell?
2013-08-21    
Stupid Question 231: What is ’Peek to definition’ in Visual Studio 2013?
2013-08-20    
Stupid Question 230: What is a gesture in computer science?
2013-08-17    
Stupid Question 228- 229: Why don’t I have any free disk space left? And what is a disk usage analyzer?
2013-08-13    
Ask Iris: How do you find and debug errors/bugs? (Q 225-226)
2013-08-03    
Ask me (Q224): What are some applications you would recommend to create to learn C#?
2013-07-26    
Stupid Question 223: How do you do type forwarding in C#?
2013-07-25    
Stupid Question 222: What is type forwarding in C#?
2013-07-24    
Stupid Question 220 and 221: Should I go to school to learn programming? Do I need a formal education to get a job as a developer?
2013-07-18    
Stupid Question 218: What are T-shaped, Pi-shaped and Comb-shaped skills, and which one should I aim for?
2013-07-08    
Ask Iris: Software engineer, software developer or programmer? (Stupid Q 217)
2013-07-06    
Stupid Question 200-216: 16 Questions on Leap Motion answered
2013-07-02    
Stupid Question 199: Do we need to decouple the view from logic (mv* patterns)?
2013-06-22    
Stupid Question 197-198: Why is the VS2012 menu uppercased, and can I undo that?
2013-06-19    
Stupid Question 195-196: What is the difference between a framework, toolkit and library?
2013-06-14    
Stupid Question 194: Windows 81, what is new?
2013-06-05    
Stupid Question 188-193: What is AutoHotKey, macros, automation software, hotkeys and scripts?
2013-06-01    
Stupid Question 186 - 187: Is ForEach missing from List<T> for Windows Store Apps? If so why?
2013-05-18    
Stupid Question 184 & 185: Why do I have to take my laptop out of the bag at airport security, and why not a tablet?
2013-05-12    
Stupid Question 183: Why are SMS 160 characters and tweets 140?
2013-04-30    
Stupid Question 181 & 182: Lookup or Dictionary? (And what is Lookup)
2013-04-28    
Ask Iris- Question 180: Leap Motion demonstration with Google Earth and DotNetConf
2013-04-23    
Ask me: To blog or not to blog, and what if you are a junior developer?
2013-04-17    
Stupid Question 176-179: Is Greenfield field good and Brownfield bad, what is that, and what is legacy code?
2013-04-15    
Stupid Question 174-175: Is Google Fiber real? And what is it, and what are the services?
2013-04-12    
Stupid Question 173: What is information visualization?
2013-04-10    
Video: Stupid Question 170-172: VM, storage in Windows Store App and updating the blog
2013-04-03    
Stupid Question 169: LOB, BLOB and CLOB - what are those?
2013-03-26    
Stupid Question 167 & 168: What are packaged web apps and is it the same as hosted apps?
2013-03-25    
Stupid Question 166: What is NFC?
2013-03-21    
Stupid Question 165: What is a headless browser?
2013-03-20    
Stupid Question 164: What is the difference between Telemetry and Analytics data in RE to Windows Store Apps?
2013-03-19    
Stupid Question 163: What is dogfooding?
2013-03-14    
Stupid Question 158-162: What are in-car-apps, how common are they, how are they distributed and how do I get started?
2013-02-23    
Stupid Question 157: How can I monitor how much time I spend on different activities on my computer?
2013-02-22    
Stupid Question 155 -156: Are there software patents, and if so what is a software patent?
2013-02-20    
Stupid Question 154: Bug, issue or defect? What is the correct term?
2013-02-19    
Stupid Question 151-153: Who pays for software bugs, are there warranty laws, and any court case examples?
2013-02-17    
Stupid Question 150: RE Q141 is there any difference between modern prescription glasses and computer glasses?
2013-02-14    
Stupid Question 149: What is sideloading?
2013-02-13    
Stupid Question 148: Why the love for semicolons in so many programming languages?
2013-02-12    
Stupid Question 147: What does the lowercase letter i in iPhone stand for?
2013-02-10    
Stupid Question 146: What is a Phablet?
2013-02-09    
Stupid Question 145: ITGirl conf 2013: What is the cake story?
2013-02-08    
Stupid Question 144: When are background tasks terminated in WinRT and do you get notified?
2013-02-06    
Stupid Question 142 and 143: Is DirectX/XNA dead? And can you do XNA games for Windows Store Apps?
2013-02-03    
Stupid Question 141: Do computer glasses work?
2013-02-01    
Stupid Question 140: Digital money – really? Yes What are Bitcoins?
2013-01-31    
Stupid Question 139: What is a shim?
2013-01-30    
Stupid Question 138: In RE to WinRT development what is the hardest bit to grasp/interesting for an iOS dev?
2013-01-29    
Stupid Question 137 : Where can I ask tech questions?
2013-01-27    
Stupid Question 136: Does iOS have metatags for connecting apps to the store like Windows Store Apps?
2013-01-26    
Stupid Question 135: What are vendor-specific CSS property prefixes?
2013-01-25    
Stupid Question 134: What is semantic Html?
2013-01-24    
Stupid Question 133: Where did my Modern UI Internet Explorer go?
2013-01-22    
Stupid Question 132: What is jailbreaking?
2013-01-21    
Stupid Question 131: What is the difference between a simulator and an emulator?
2013-01-20    
Stupid Question 129 and 130: Should you and how do you introduce new technologies in projects, and who pays?
2013-01-17    
Stupid Question 128: What is the new graph search on Facebook- YaY or NaY?
2013-01-16    
Stupid Question 127: What is strict mode in Javascript?
2013-01-15    
Stupid Question 126: What is a hat type or handle declarator in C++/CX?
2013-01-13    
Stupid Question 125: Should tech community contributors have a Facebook page?
2013-01-11    
Stupid Question 124: Is a bilingual tech blog a good idea?
2013-01-10    
Stupid Question 123: What is a polyglot programmer and should we be one?
2013-01-09    
Stupid Question 122: What is meant by pinning objects in C#?
2013-01-08    
Stupid Question 121: What is meant by ‘unsafe code’ in Net?
2013-01-06    
Stupid Question 120: What is Leap Motion and The Leap?
2013-01-05    
Stupid Question 119: Do we have pointers in C#?
2013-01-03    
Stupid Question 118: The pointer series: What is a pointer?
2013-01-02    
Stupid Question 117: For the new year- which books are a must read for developers?
2012-12-31    
Stupid Question 116: Do you need to know C to learn Objective C?
2012-12-30    
Stupid Question 115: What is the connection between C, C++, objective C and C#?
2012-12-29    
Stupid Question 114: What is the “Windows Registry”?
2012-12-28    
Stupid Question 113: How come Nokia WP8 touch works when used with gloves? (does it?)
2012-12-26    
Stupid Question 112: How do touch screens work? Are there different types of touch screens?
2012-12-24    
Stupid Question 110 & 111: What is a digital image (raster type/ bitmap) and what is a pixel?
2012-12-22    
Stupid Question 109: In computer science, what do we mean by ACID?
2012-12-21    
Stupid Question 108: After Q107, what now Iris?
2012-12-20    
Stupid Question 107: Shhh… Harassment Not a problem? Strong content warning
2012-12-19    
Stupid Question 106: What is MessagePack?
2012-12-16    
Stupid Question 105: What is Done (what is DoD)?
2012-12-15    
Stupid Question 104: What is a 'Fagan Inspection'?
2012-12-14    
Stupid Question 103: What are some different types of code reviews?
2012-12-13    
Stupid Question 102: What is a static program analysis tool?
2012-12-12    
Stupid Question 101: Are there any coding standards documents for Net?
2012-12-11    
Stupid Question 100: Are we in a new tech bubble? (and what is that anyway?)
2012-12-10    
Stupid Question 99: Should developers use refactoring tools?
2012-12-08    
Stupid Question 98: What advice would you give developers to land a dream job?
2012-12-07    
Stupid Question 97: What is the difference between close and dispose in Net?
2012-12-05    
Stupid Question 96: What are 'unmanaged resources' in Net?
2012-12-03    
Stupid Question 95: what is the difference between a web app and a web site?
2012-12-01    
Stupid Question 94: How long should a method name be at most, and are acronyms ok?
2012-11-29    
Stupid Question 93: Is the DLR a dynamic version of the CLR?
2012-11-28    
Stupid Question 92: What is logic-less templates, what is the benefit and what is mustache?
2012-11-26    
Stupid Question 91: Do we need NULL in C#?
2012-11-25    
Stupid Question 90: Do I have to use the return value of a method?
2012-11-23    
Stupid Question 89: What is Hicks law and what is Fitts law
2012-11-22    
Stupid Question 88: How do I ignore certain warnings in code when I’ve set treat all warnings as errors?
2012-11-20    
Stupid Question 87: Warning levels, what are they, which level to use, and should they be treated as errors?
2012-11-19    
Stupid Question 86: Who would hire you w just 15 months experience, and is it just because are a woman?
2012-11-18    
Stupid Question 85: What does the 'Obsolete' attribute in C# do?
2012-11-17    
Stupid Question 84: What is the difference between hex, rgb and hsl color declarations in CSS?
2012-11-16    
Stupid Question 83: What does the HTML5 Command tag do, and is this similar to commands in XAML?
2012-11-16    
Stupid Question 82: What does x86 stand for? And why do we use x86 to represent 32-bit?
2012-11-14    
Stupid Question 81: Why did Microsoft's Windows chief Steven Sinofsky quit?
2012-11-13    
Stupid Question 80: Do you have to have an open source project to be taken serious as a programmer?
2012-11-12    
Backlog of 'Stupid' questions and answers are now posted, enjoy!
2012-11-10    
Stupid Question 79 (Öredev conference special): What are the top ten things I learned from talking to over 100 junior developers?
2012-11-10    
Stupid Question 78 (Öredev conference special): Does it matter that we don't have so many female programmers?
2012-11-09    
Stupid Question 77 (Öredev conference special): What are the main struggles of junior developers in their first dev job?
2012-11-07    
Stupid Question 76 (Öredev conference special): Are there any guidelines for junior developer pair-programming?
2012-11-06    
Stupid Question 75 (Öredev conference special): Are all pairs good in RE to knowledge level in pair programming?
2012-11-05    
Stupid Question 74: What is two-factor authentication?
2012-11-04    
Stupid Question(s) 73: Q and A's from the WinRT Team
2012-11-03    
Stupid Question 72: What is a SDK?
2012-11-02    
Stupid Question 71: What is a scripting language?
2012-10-31    
Stupid Question 70: Verbatim identifiers in C#, should they be used and when?
2012-10-30    
Stupid Question 69: When will the Windows Phone SDK be available for all devs?
2012-10-29    
Stupid Question 68: What do we use partial classes for?
2012-10-26    
Stupid Question 67: What was the advice given to first year developers?
2012-10-25    
Stupid Question 66: What one piece of advice would you give first year developers?
2012-10-24    
Stupid Question 65: Can we expect a workplace to let us set aside time for learning?
2012-10-22    
Stupid Question 64: Is it considered bad practice to group classes under one file?
2012-10-21    
Stupid Question 63: ’Regular Expression’ syntax, are there variations?
2012-10-19    
Stupid Question 62: Generation n00b, how do we measure experience anyway?
2012-10-18    
Stupid Question 61: Coding at the click of a button, go or no go?
2012-10-17    
Stupid Question 60: Should I use named variables in a loops, lambdas, exceptions etc?
2012-10-16    
Stupid Question 59: Will Net 45 support operating systems prior to Windows 7?
2012-10-10    
Stupid Question 58: Will Microsoft Certifications increase my chances of getting a job?
2012-10-09    
Stupid Question 56: What is TypeScript?
2012-10-01    
Stupid Question 55: What is the best serialization class to use from a performance perspective?
2012-09-30    
Stupid Question 54: Performance, when should you care?
2012-09-28    
Stupid Question 53: Composite applications and nesting, when do you have to many Russian dolls?
2012-09-26    
Stupid Question 52: What are preprocessor directives? (In c#)
2012-09-24    
Stupid Question 51: Stored procedures or not? And does size and/or complexity of app/data matter?
2012-09-23    
Stupid Question 50: When should I document? And what is the best way to do it?
2012-09-22    
Stupid Question 49: Why does 2 x Random not give unique numbers when inside the same method block? (C#)
2012-09-20    
Stupid Question 48: What is a memory leak, and how common are memory leaks in C# apps?
2012-09-19    
Stupid Question 47: In RE to programming, is it normal to feel more stupid the more you learn?
2012-09-18    
Stupid Question 46: Static readonly VS Const, which one to use?
2012-09-17    
Stupid Question 45: How should I organize the code?
2012-09-15    
Stupid Question 44: Should I use regions in my code?
2012-09-14    
Stupid Question 43: Are utility, helper and or static classes and methods considered a code smell?
2012-09-12    
Stupid Question 42: How do I access all the apps in Windows Store? And how can I tell how many there are?
2012-09-11    
Stupid question 41: Should I use IList or List?
2012-09-10    
Stupid question 40: Should I return 'null' or throw an exception if a methods fails to produce requested value?
2012-09-08    
Stupid question 39: Why can't I return null from a generic method, and what should I return?
2012-09-07    
Stupid question 38: Does Windows Phone 8 support Javascript apps?
2012-09-06    
Stupid question 37: When will the Windows Phone SDK be available for devs?
2012-09-05    
Stupid question 35: What is meant by the term bootstrapping in programming?
2012-09-04    
Stupid question 34: Is there any wireless internet on this plane?
2012-08-30    
‘Stupid’ Question 33: Why was the DLR and Dynamic keyword introduced in Net?
2012-08-28    
‘Stupid’ Question 32: How do you check if the value for a DateTime property is set?
2012-08-26    
‘Stupid’ Question 31: What's the deal with String and string in C#?
2012-08-25    
‘Stupid’ Question 30: What do we mean by immutable and mutable in OO?
2012-08-23    
‘Stupid’ Question 29: Do we need properties in c#?
2012-08-21    
‘Stupid’ Question 28: Can devs refuse to create a web app that works in IE for clients?
2012-08-20    
‘Stupid’ Question 27: What is a Web Browser?
2012-08-18    
Question 26: And the answer to question 25 is?
2012-08-17    
Question 25: Am I too stupid to ask and answer questions?
2012-08-16    
‘Stupid’ Question 24: Can you give me an easy to remember example of what the different access modifiers do?
2012-08-15    
‘Stupid’ Question 23: What is a thread? And what is multithreading?
2012-08-14    
‘Stupid’ Question 22: Is it OK to use dropbox to store and share confidential client documents? Is this safe/good practice?
2012-08-13    
Creating a WinRT application step by step: From idea to publishing
2012-08-13    
‘Stupid’ Question 21: Is there a performance win with 'as' casting, and if so - does it matter?
2012-08-12    
‘Stupid’ Question 20: How should I do casting in C#? Should I use the prefix cast or the as-cast?
2012-08-11    
‘Stupid’ Question 19: What is important in a conference session?
2012-08-09    
‘Stupid’ Question 18:In RE to best practices- what is the max amount of parameters a function should have (OO lang)?
2012-08-08    
‘Stupid’ Question 17: Is use of Tuple, Anonymous Type and/or Out parameters a code smell?
2012-08-07    
‘Stupid’ Question 16: What are some common code smells?
2012-08-06    
‘Stupid’ Question 15: What does ’Code-smell’ mean, and where does the term come from?
2012-08-04    
‘Stupid’ Question 14: What is a ’Tuple’ in C#, and what can we use it for?
2012-08-03    
‘Stupid’ Question 13: How do I explain to my friend what a framework is?
2012-08-01    
‘Stupid’ Question 12: What is this new attribute [CallerMemberName] in C#?
2012-07-31    
‘Stupid’ Question 11: Why isn't there multiple inheritance in C#?
2012-07-29    
‘Stupid’ Question 10: What does a Software Architect do?
2012-07-28    
‘Stupid’ Question 9: How does reflection affect performance, and should I avoid using it?
2012-07-27    
‘Stupid’ Question 8:What is Patch Tuesday and Exploit Wednesday?
2012-07-26    
‘Stupid’ Question 7: How do I add a font (google web fonts example), and where do I find the license?
2012-07-24    
‘Stupid’ Question 6: Do you have to pay to use fonts in a web application?
2012-07-23    
‘Stupid’ Question 5: What is reflection (in Net) ?
2012-07-22    
‘Stupid’ Question 4: How does remote desktop work with private servers?
2012-07-21    
‘Stupid’ Question 3: What is a compiler and an interpreter, and what is the difference?
2012-07-20    
'Stupid' Question 2: What do you mean by LOB (line of business) application?
2012-07-19    
'Stupid' Question 1: Who is in charge of the internet? – how DO they make this thing work?
2012-07-18