Got Coding Superstitions?🤞

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Share a quirky coding superstition or ritual you have for good luck or productivity.

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[Bala Madhusoodhanan]

Put a line break or a comment at the 13th line of the code

[Retiago Drago]

Okay Taylor Swift

[Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard]

Best tagline ever in a job interview :
"Hey, I'm a backend developer, I work with Taylor (in) Swift"
github.com/izqui/Taylor

[Retiago Drago]

Can I apply for a job? Here's my actual GitHub page

ranggakd (Rangga K D) · GitHub

blending code and curiosity to create something awesome for the community 🚀🇮🇩🇵🇸 - ranggakd

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ranggakd / ranggakd

Hi there 👋 - Rangga (GitHub's Version)

It's cool, that's why you click 'em
Code rules, collapsible heaven
But ooh, whoa oh
It's a cruel coder

With me

I'm a / an
Programmer	✔
AI Tech Writer	✔
Data Practitioner	✔
Statistics & Math Addict	✔
Open Source Contributor	✔
Quantum Computing Enthusiast	✔

I code in the dark of my room 👨‍💻

And I predict my data, forecasting from afar (oh)
"Unittest," but it's not just a few
Data analysis keeps me on cue

And I study now, the current state 💻

Of Rust and Julia to seal my fate (oh)
And in Python, I find my worth
"SQL", ain't that the geekiest you ever heard?
I write those, grinding like a coder

It's new, commit of my projects 📊 :

Project	Medium Story	DEV Blog
Regression and Forecasting Metrics Exploration	📖	👨‍💻

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[Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard]

I am not sure.
Even when you apply at GitHub, they don't care at all how green your GitHub internet points are.

[Retiago Drago]

you just reminded me of this post

Moneyball for engineers

Brian Douglas for OpenSauced ・ Sep 6

#opensource #100daysofoss

[Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard]

I'm a recruiter and I don't believe in those statistics, github stars, leetscore code,
those are all internet points that don't measure anything meaningful,
they have a very weak correlation with the ability to do the work the company needs her to do.

For me the best way to evaluate a developer is to have a look at the work he does.
Just like the best way to evaluate a musician is to open your ears and listen.

[Pandita]

clean + restart visual studio + rebuild solution

and if it doesn't work you restart your laptop/pc before rebuilding

🙈

[Tai Kedzierski]

Don't use backslashes \ to split lines - especially in shell scripts

# actually remove old settings before redeploying, else it will append
ssh user@host \
    rm -r .config

Somehow I got bitten by that once where the character after backslash became inline whitespace and caused a hard to find bug with the second part becoming a new statement on a new line.

Using parentheses usually gets us out of r trouble, and allows more granular commenting:

tokens=(
    ssh user@host
    # actually remove old settings before redeploying, else it will append
    rm -r .config
)
"${tokens[@]}"

In python it's less likely to be an issue, but it's still nice for inline commenting

assert i_did_it(data), \
    "You did not" + \
    f"You did: {data}"

assert i_did_it(data), (
    # Admonish programmer
    "You did not"
    # Highlight irregularity
    f"You did: {data}"
)

[Ingo Steinke]

Only slightly related to coding, but similar to some people striving for a green GitHub activity graph, I used to believe that it's important or helpful to have a high reputation on StackOverflow.

[andrewcollisterson]

Certainly! It's always fun to hear about coding superstitions and rituals. Personally, I have a "lucky" rubber duck on my desk. Whenever I'm stuck on a coding problem, I explain it to the duck, and more often than not, I end up finding raposo frp apk the solution while talking it out. 🦆😄 #CodingSuperstitions

[Renan Ferro]

I don't know why, but programming at night is better than all day!

[Bala Madhusoodhanan]

[Mike Stemle]

I’m not superstitious, but I am a little bit stitious.

[Griff Polk]

ALWAYS DO THE MOST FUNCTIONAL PARTS AT THE END. DESIGN FIRST, MECHANICS LATER

[Michalis Papamichael]

I always kind of want finish the simple task first and then proceeding to the complex ones.

[Jean-Michel 🕵🏻‍♂️ Fayard]

Backups : My superstition is that I still assume that they will work when I need them, despite history having proven otherwise