An interesting topic came up recently at work – one of my colleagues asked me – what is the worst programming interview question that you’ve faced ?
I’ve been fortunate enough to have not faced any interview question that I …
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C++ header files is a rather mundane topic by most standards. Talking about header files is not as interesting as discussing complex search algorithms or debating design patterns . It’s not an academically stimulating subject to teach, so most CS …
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I love the new C++ 11 smart pointers. In many ways, they were a godsent for many folks who hate managing their own memory. In my opinion, it made teaching C++ to newcomers much easier.
However, in the two plus …
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It's a pretty controversial question to start with. Nonetheless, it's one of the most critical questions that crops up in people's mind when they're thinking about making any investment decisions. Popular Media often touts that long term investors can ignore …
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One of my classmates, we’ll call him Ron, graduated out of college with flying colors and joined Microsoft at age 22. Once Ron’s bonus and stock awards kicked in after 9 months, the first thing he bought was a Corvette …
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In the last few posts we looked at two ways of handling Transient Errors. The first post showed how we can write a custom retry logic for transient errors with exponential back-off. The second post showed how we can …
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