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Former Stack Overflow employee.

I am a C# ASP.NET developer, with a long professional history of work with web and Microsoft technologies.

I am passionate about writing usable and secure software and am constantly learning.

Blog at http://OdedCoster.com/blog.

I have written a blog series about getting good answers on StackOverflow.

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What is the single most effective thing you did to improve your programming skills?
Sep 16, 2008
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Why is 80 characters the 'standard' limit for code width?
May 15, 2012
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What's the point of running unit tests on a CI server?
Jan 27, 2016
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Is there a benefit in compiling your code as you go along?
Jun 23, 2014
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Why shouldn't a GET request change data on the server?
Mar 1, 2013
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Is using nested try-catch blocks an anti-pattern?
Nov 9, 2011
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"Never do in code what you can get the SQL server to do well for you" - Is this a recipe for a bad design?
Oct 23, 2012
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Do TODO comments make sense?
Dec 15, 2011
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Is committing/checking in code everyday a good practice?
Jul 5, 2012
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How to respond to a rude bug report?
Feb 21, 2015
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How to get the identity of an inserted row?
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How do I get the color from a hexadecimal color code using .NET?
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403 Forbidden vs 401 Unauthorized HTTP responses