Resisting the Urge to Document Everything Everywhere
A product manager argues against excessive documentation, explaining why linking unrelated features can create clutter and maintenance issues.
A product manager argues against excessive documentation, explaining why linking unrelated features can create clutter and maintenance issues.
Explores edge cases in Clojure number comparisons, focusing on ArithmeticExceptions when comparing ratios and BigDecimals, and unexpected equality behavior.
Explains JavaScript's NaN (Not a Number), the behavior of isNaN() vs Number.isNaN(), and how to correctly filter numeric data.
Explores limitations and workarounds for the C11 _Generic type-generic programming feature, including practical solutions for complex use cases.
Explains how JavaScript's && and || operators work with truthy/falsy values, not just booleans.
Identifies and explains five common JavaScript coding anti-patterns, such as implicit type conversion, with actionable fixes to improve code quality.
Explains the JavaScript typeof operator, focusing on confusing results like typeof null returning 'object' and typeof NaN returning 'number'.
Explains the complex behavior of JavaScript's equality (==) and identity (===) operators, detailing type coercion rules and providing illustrative examples.
Analyzes the performance difference between JavaScript's strict (===) and loose (==) equality operators, finding minimal practical impact.