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  1. Code Smell 318 - Wasting Time Refactoring Dirty Code

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    Code Smell 318 - Wasting Time Refactoring Dirty Code

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/code-smell-318-wasting-time-refactoring-dirty-code. Don't waste time refactoring code that never changes; focus on frequently modified problem areas. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #programming, #clean-code, #software-development, #learning-to-code, #code-smells, #common-code-smells, #refactoring, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @mcsee. Learn more about this writer by checking @mcsee's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Don't waste time refactoring code that never changes; focus on frequently modified problem areas.

    7 min
  2. Java’s Growing Graveyard: The Old APIs Being Buried—and What Replaced Them

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    Java’s Growing Graveyard: The Old APIs Being Buried—and What Replaced Them

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/javas-growing-graveyard-the-old-apis-being-buriedand-what-replaced-them. The Java “tomb” is filling up. Here’s what’s being buried—and what you should use instead. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #java, #security, #legacy, #nashorn, #securitymanager, #unsafe, #varhandle, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @akiradoko. Learn more about this writer by checking @akiradoko's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The Java “tomb” is filling up. Here’s what’s being buried—and what you should use instead.

    12 min
  3. The Most Dangerous Person on Your Team is "Dave" (And He Just Quit)

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    The Most Dangerous Person on Your Team is "Dave" (And He Just Quit)

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-most-dangerous-person-on-your-team-is-dave-and-he-just-quit. Stop letting knowledge walk out the door. Use this system prompt to turn every commit into a well-documented masterpiece. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #software-development, #documentation, #ai-prompt, #productivity, #developer-tools, #ai, #fixing-ai-hack, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @huizhudev. Learn more about this writer by checking @huizhudev's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Most AI-generated documentation is fluff. I built a prompt that forces the LLM to analyze the intent of the code.

    4 min
  4. Java’s Greatest Hits (of Failure): Top 10 Open-Source Errors of 2025

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    Java’s Greatest Hits (of Failure): Top 10 Open-Source Errors of 2025

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/javas-greatest-hits-of-failure-top-10-open-source-errors-of-2025. PVS-Studio’s year-end roundup of the top 10 strangest Java errors found in open-source projects in 2025. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #java, #programming, #minecraft, #catalan, #java-bugs-2025, #open-source-java-errors, #static-analysis, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @akiradoko. Learn more about this writer by checking @akiradoko's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. PVS-Studio’s year-end roundup of the top 10 strangest Java errors found in open-source projects in 2025.

    17 min
  5. 2 Billion Requests, 100ms Deadlines, $10k a Month: Engineering a Lean Global RTB System

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    2 Billion Requests, 100ms Deadlines, $10k a Month: Engineering a Lean Global RTB System

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/2-billion-requests-100ms-deadlines-$10k-a-month-engineering-a-lean-global-rtb-system. Inside a lean RTB system processing 350M daily requests with sub-100ms latency, built by a 3-person team on a $10k cloud budget. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #engineering, #adtec, #distributed-systems, #latency-reduction, #finops, #observability, #startup, #async, and more. This story was written by: @shashanksingla. Learn more about this writer by checking @shashanksingla's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Inside a lean RTB system processing 350M daily requests with sub-100ms latency, built by a 3-person team on a $10k cloud budget.

    14 min
  6. The Truth About “Cancelling” Async/Await: You’re Mostly Just Ignoring Results

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    The Truth About “Cancelling” Async/Await: You’re Mostly Just Ignoring Results

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-truth-about-cancelling-asyncawait-youre-mostly-just-ignoring-results. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #javascript, #tutorial, #concurrency, #cancel-async-await, #cancel-promise-javascript, #abortcontroller-js, #abortsignal, #promise-cancellation, and more. This story was written by: @hacker5295744. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker5295744's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. JavaScript can’t truly cancel async/await work—most “cancellation” just stops waiting.

    20 min
  7. Symfony 7.4’s Share Directory Solves the Cache Problem for Kubernetes Apps

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    Symfony 7.4’s Share Directory Solves the Cache Problem for Kubernetes Apps

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/symfony-74s-share-directory-solves-the-cache-problem-for-kubernetes-apps. Symfony 7.4 introduces var/share to separate local system cache from shared application data—solving cache inconsistency in Kubernetes without the NFS hit. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #symfony, #php, #cloud-infrastructure, #software-architecture, #productivity, #cloud, #web-development, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @mattleads. Learn more about this writer by checking @mattleads's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Symfony 7.4 introduces var/share to separate local system cache from shared application data—solving cache inconsistency in Kubernetes without the NFS performance hit.

    10 min
  8. Discomfort as Human Technology: A Brain Function Beyond Predictive Coding

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    Discomfort as Human Technology: A Brain Function Beyond Predictive Coding

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/discomfort-as-human-technology-a-brain-function-beyond-predictive-coding. Predictive coding explains how the brain keeps us trapped in existing frameworks. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #predictive-coding, #human-brain, #predictions, #brain-science, #brain, #life-hacking, #productivity, #human-technology, and more. This story was written by: @riedriftlens. Learn more about this writer by checking @riedriftlens's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Predictive coding explains how the brain keeps us trapped in existing frameworks. It does not explain how we can escape them.

    10 min
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