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C# 6 added auto-property initializers and so we can do private List layouts1 { get; } = new List(); Is this better or worse than private readonly List layouts2 = new List(); (N.B. this is…

I believe there are languages where all names with associated values cannot have their associated values changed. An example would be a language where all names behave like a does in the following C code: int main(void) { const int a = 0; a =…

There is a lot of optimism around Blue-Green deployments, particularly from luminaries like Martin Fowler. The challenge with a financial services application, is that to make a blue-green deployment work, you have to guarantee that the old app…

Consider application where users rates products (e.g. 1-5 stars). Through passage of time, there might be millions of records. One can create desired indexes and/or keep sum and count of all ratings to easily get overall average score of particular…