Alexei‭

There are multiple reasons why using images of code, errors, logs and other text resources used in programming instead of the actual text is strongly discouraged. Shortly put, the question should ...

posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

I have noticed that virtually any question containing an image of some code or error got a comment asking to replace it with the actual code, error text. Why is it so bad to include an image inste...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

We got our first (mostly) ChatGPT answer in our community. Also, a question includes an adapted ChatGPT code that does not seem to do the job. StackOverflow has already banned ChatGPT answers and ...

7 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 22d ago by Dirk Herrmann‭

sheets tag sounds a little bit too generic and I feel that it should be replaced with the more specific [google-sheets]. I know that we should avoid using company names as much as possible, but in ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Lundin‭

This question featured a quite heated discussion in the comments which led to some of them being removed. This action was discussed here and I have realized that our community lacks a guide about p...

5 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Estela‭

A recent flag for this question suggested that it would be a better fit for the Linux community. There is no motivation provided, but I guess it is related to the fact that most of the question and...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

SQL Server uses '1900-01-01' as a "zero-point" in DATEDIFF(dd, 0, some_date): select DATEDIFF(dd, 0, '1900-01-01') --> 0 select DATEDIFF(dd, 0, GETDATE()) --> 44066 days since the "zero-d...

posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

Currently, there is no consensus about whether to provide tooltips for the voting buttons (especially the downvote one). However, the community now includes quite a lot of questions that attracted ...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by meriton‭

Yes I would allow UI/UX questions with some limitations. Examples: on topic - UI/UX questions related to an interface that also involves some programming (e.g. web interfaces) offtopic -...

posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

Before doing any performance testing, I think you have already noticed that the payload is significantly smaller by missing those double quotes. However, what I think is more important, especially ...

posted 2y ago by Alexei‭

Yes Questions about troubleshooting your non-working code are on-topic, provided that you include enough information for the community to understand the context (SO names this minimal reproducible...

posted 2y ago by Alexei‭

There are multiple questions/aspects in your posts, so I will go one by one: Stack Overflow which answers many questions While this is true, for many questions SO has an important drawback. I...

posted 1y ago by Alexei‭

For me the following reasons might lead to downvoting: Posts that are not related to a specific programming issue, but are rather meant to start a discussion. Example Asking for software ...

posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

Note: some of these points are relevant for all communities, but I would like to focus on Software Development for now I am thinking of promoting Software Codidact, but I could not find a single p...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭

A significant fraction of software developers also needs to make some UI/UX-related decisions. I am wondering if we should such questions in the Software Development community. Based on feedback...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Alexei‭