Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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TypeScript and JavaScript tags
We typically treat c and c++ as mutually exclusive. We don't tag the same question with both c and c++. I feel we should do the same for TypeScript and JavaScript.
TypeScript needs to run through a ...
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How to get the best value out of Code Review - Asking Questions
I have a project I am working on, and I would like some, or all of it
reviewed, how can I ask for this review on Code Review in a way that
produces the best possible value?
This is not about a ...
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Trying to make sure I ask an apropriate request for code review
I have not had the best of luck asking for code reviews. Mostly my fault for not really knowing what I don't already know, and not being able to correctly convey what I am trying to ask about.
I have ...
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Change the licensing of code in Code Review contributions to GNU GPL
It seems that one of the community's main aversions to changing from the current CC license, to a more permissive MIT license, is the idea that people seem to not want to simply give code away.
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What Site Policy should we have for code written by ChatGPT?
As all of us I'm sure are aware, ChatGPT has induced a plethora of discussion network-wide. Specifically with this site, we could very well see an influx of questions about reviewing ChatGPT generated ...
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Should we do something about our meta tags?
We have a decent selection of language and technology tags, but we also have many meta tags, such as refactoring. A meta tag, at least on here, specifies the OP's request(s) in a review, and not much ...
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How do I make my code more readable?
I've often come across the same kind of question:
- How do I make my code more readable?
- How can I improve my code?
And usually the answers are similar - regardless of language or problem.
That's ...
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Change the licensing of code in Code Review contributions to MIT
One of several problems of having a creative commons (CC) license for code generated on Code Review, is that it is incompatible with major software licenses. Your project would have to either have to ...
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Reviewing generated code
Is reviewing generated code on topic ?
Scenarios:
Someone wrote the generator and it is included or linked and provided with generated code.
Someone wrote the generator and only included generated ...
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Is it okay to edit part(s) of code not yet reviewed?
In this question of mine, the one answerer so far has only reviewed a part of my code. However, I've made changes on other parts of my code, but I don't want to somehow invalidate that answer.
Would ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Are bioinformatics challenges from ROSALIND welcome?
Code for programming challenges, such as Project Euler, is apparently welcome on codereview and the respective tags exist.
Would it be considered on-topic to post solutions to problem sets from ...
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Updating a question before it's answered? [duplicate]
My most recent question hasn't received any answers in the 24 hours it's been up, and I've made a couple (IMO small but not negligible) changes since asking it that I would like feedback on.
Can I ...
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Reviewing "design"
It has been said in various comments that on Code Review we review code and not design.
I find this statement not very clear though. Obviously, if someone has an UML and not any written code, that's ...
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Asker deletes question after posting an answer
Yesterday I answered this question. Today when on my profile I noticed my answer was deleted.
This was not a DMCA takedown, and so this meta and this one don't help in this situation.
This meta, ...
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Should reputation be required to delete answered questions? [duplicate]
Should there be some reputation limit, below which an OP cannot delete an answered, up-voted question?
A "New contributor" asked a question. 9 hours later, I first saw the question. It ...
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May I post a question whose code is written in a programming language about which nothing exists in Code Review Stack Exchange?
May I post a question whose code is written in a programming language about which nothing exists in Code Review Stack Exchange?
For example, Asymptote is a vector graphics programming language which, ...
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Offering a Bounty for a long unanswered question; is it good practice?
Thank ye all for your patience and understanding in advance. Posted a Code Review question 4 years ago and it has never received an answer review, so thinking about offering a bounty for it. Is this ...
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It looks like it's finally time
Well, somehow I didn't see this coming for a while, but it looks like it's the best time to move on after all these years.
I've been here since 2013, which I believe was two years after CR was founded....
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How much modification is needed to be considered authoring the code?
In C++ PEXT/PDEP implementations
I believe that significant changes were made. But there was a comment stating that modifying is off topic.
As this code is public, then modifications should be ...
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Should we generalize the [native-code] tag?
Until now, we have been using the native-code tag for questions involving high-level code that calls c, c++, or similar lower-level code.
Occasionally, people write code to allow c or c++ code to call ...
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Stack Exchange Data Explorer is up. What now, Wonderland?
If you didn't know already, the Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE) now includes Code Review and all public Stack Exchange beta sites.
Bookmark: http://data.stackexchange.com/codereview/queries
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Bad experience on codereview.stackexchange.com
I had bad experience on codereview.stackexchange.com. Someone told me "You have been told to do this ..." as if that guy is a master and I am a servant.
To avoid all this in future, I have ...
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Frequently Posted Comments
On Code Review we often encounter questions with the same kind of problem over and over again.
Some of us are using the auto comments script which allows you to maintain a list of comments to post.
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Synonym request for tag [animations], proposed synonym [easing]
Synonym Request
I came across this question screen-transition-effect-like-in-final-fantasy-games where OP makes their custom easing function in order to smoothly transition a color over an image. I ...
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Tag synonym request: [lexical-analysis] and [lexer]
The lexical-analysis tag was created in February 2016 and currently has 36 questions. lexer was created in January 2019 and has 31 questions. A few questions are tagged with both.
Don't these tags ...
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Code Review Blog - Post One Contest
On Hold SE Community Devs:
The short of it is, it's kinda on us to make something that works, and we don't really do that. There isn't any real proper integration between the systems and the ...
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Code Review Blog - Phase 4 - Plan a Schedule
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The short of it is, it's kinda on us to make something that works, and we don't really do that. There isn't any real proper integration between the systems and the authors ...
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Code Review Blog - Phase 3 - Recruit contributors
On Hold SE Community Devs:
The short of it is, it's kinda on us to make something that works, and we don't really do that. There isn't any real proper integration between the systems and the ...
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Code Review Blog - Phase 2 - Define the Scope
On Hold SE Community Devs:
The short of it is, it's kinda on us to make something that works, and we don't really do that. There isn't any real proper integration between the systems and the ...
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StackOverflow questions being incorrectly sent to Code Review
I've noticed a couple of questions where the poster originally posted on Stackoverflow and then was sent here. However, its not a proper code review question because the code doesn't actually work.
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Is it possible to get feedback on the structure of an application (with code posted)?
I've recently completed a (to a certain version, anyway) project in Python and am looking to get feedback on it.
Problem is that I want feedback on how the project and the different components are ...
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Close-vote threshold lowered from five to three
There is a comment on the MSO post We’re lowering the close/reopen vote threshold from 5 to 3 for good
Other sites can have whatever threshold is most appropriate for them, @gnat – Shog9 Dec 3 '19 at ...
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Updating the "code not implemented or not working as intended" community-specific close reason to use the new five-field close reason system
As part of the updates to the closing system that took place last year, the community-specific close reasons (off-topic sub-reasons) gained a new five-field format, which displays different text in ...
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Can we have the first VTC post a comment?
I quite often encounter questions with at least one vote to close (VTC), but no comment or down vote. This means the OP doesn't know there is anything wrong with the question.
Would it be possible for ...
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Does improving scalability and mentioning the improvement count as sufficient justification?
A recent VB.NET AES File Encryption answer was posted with, mostly, the following text:
I'm enclosing a program I wrote to help you along the way. It is very effective and will encrypt whatever you ...
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What is the minimum code necessary to provide review context?
I am currently attempting to reduce the number of unanswered questions on the Code Review Community. I’m doing this because I am concerned that we have dropped below 90% of questions answered and have ...
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Tag synonym request: [encryption] → [cryptography]
The encryption tag got created sometime in the last year. The cryptography tag completely covers the same topic, and it makes little sense to distinguish the two skills, especially when it comes to ...
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Checklist for how to write a good Code Review question
Many questions of new users lack some parts or common style of the site. There already are some meta questions that aggregate tips on this issue but letting new users walk through all of them is ...
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Is Code Review an appropriate place to get feedback on a library?
Most of the posts I see on Code Review involve short code sniplets.
Is it appropriate to elicit feedback on an entire (albeit small) library?
Specific example: I've quietly developed this over the ...
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How do I post code which is reliant on large file IO operations?
I have code which does IO operations (read and process) on large files (multi GB or sometimes TB). It is not practical for me to post real examples to stackexchange and I would not want to post code ...
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What interesting uses of MathJax are there, other than mathematical typesetting?
What interesting uses of MathJax are there, other than mathematical typesetting, that might be useful for Code Review?
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Blocking an anonymous user from proposing edits
I, and several other reviewers, have repeatedly rejected this edit. It's ungrammatical (easier is an adjective; it can't modify legible, another adjective; it needs an adverb, like "more easily&...
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2021: a year in moderation
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Should I include code or a link to a test project for the code being reviewed?
I have some code (a library) of about 25,000 characters (~1000 lines) that I would like to have reviewed.
I have a test project (Windows project with Windows Forms) for that code. Is it a good idea ...
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Are Advent Of Code questions on topic once we receive no points for them?
I'm trying to learn Rust via Advent of Code 2021, and am obviously hitting various roadblocks and solving them via Google. It would be great if someone could review my code to see how to make it fit ...
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What should our help centre say about rewrite requests?
Requests to re-write code in a different idiom or using different libraries are problematic. Like all Stack Exchange sites, askers are expected to have attempted to solve their own problem before ...
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Why is hypothetical example code off-topic for Code Review?
As stated in the Help Center, one of the criteria for a question to be on topic is:
Is it actual code from a project rather than pseudo-code or hypothetical code?
Details matter! In order to give ...
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When is question deletion vandalism?
In the past (I have no examples on hand), sometimes when an OP deletes a question it's un-deleted, with the rationale that the content offers value to StackExchange and deleting it thus constitutes ...
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What are our answer editing guidelines?
On this site, we have a well-known policy on editing code in questions: Don't do it. After all, that code is up for review, in all its glorious ugliness and buginess. But clearly, such reasoning ...
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