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PKPepijn Krijnsenexecutable-ideas.hashnode.devAug 7, 2025 · 2 min read

Models don't have a sense of smell

Modern IDEs are great at highlighting errors as soon as you type them. AI assistants improve on this by spotting antipatterns and suggesting alternatives. Neither of them identify the root cause that led to the antipattern in the first place. Human d...

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AAAbishek Anthonysoftware-engineering-corner.zuehlke.comMay 26, 2025 · 9 min read

What happens when a team dedicates 10% of their time to fixing technical debt?

Introduction: More Than a Mess of Code Technical debt often evokes feelings of guilt and frustration. It’s what we whisper about during retros, grumble over in PRs, and quietly accept as a side effect of real-world software delivery. But what if we’v...

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ASAhmed Shendyshendy.hashnode.devDec 19, 2023 · 3 min read

Practical Code Smells - Sample 1

Take a look a this code, share in comments what are your thoughts/notes about it? struct Bottles { func song() -> String { verses(from: 99, downTo: 0) } func verses(from high: Int, downTo low: Int) -> String { (low...high...

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SJSyed Jafer Kparottasalna.hashnode.devDec 1, 2023 · 5 min read

Why we should not use magic numbers ?

Introduction A Magic Number is a hard-coded value that may change at a later stage, but that can be therefore hard to update. It's a numeric value that’s encountered in the source but has no obvious meaning. Yet more difficulties arise when you need ...

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SJSyed Jafer Kparottasalna.hashnode.devNov 27, 2023 · 3 min read

Why we should not use objects as data structures ?

Problem faced: During our software development, we used to use design a class just to use it as a data structure. But while i was interested in reading about code smells; i got to know that its one of the anti pattern. So what is the problem with usi...

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AKAkhil Kadangodeakhil.seNov 15, 2023 · 15 min read

Identifying and Solving Common Code Smells

In software development, maintaining a clean and efficient codebase is crucial. Recognizing code smells, which are warning signs indicating potential problems in your code, is an essential skill. While they don't directly affect the functioning of th...

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DBDarth Byter8bytes8.hashnode.devJul 19, 2023 · 1 min read

Code Smell Detectives: Sniffing Out Bugs and Instinctively Solving Mysteries!

Today, I had my first encounter with a real-life "code smell" while taking over a code base developed by our colleagues in the current sprint. Although I had previous experience with thorough code reviews and a general understanding of the features a...

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VGVinnicyus Gracindovgracindo.hashnode.devMar 8, 2023 · 2 min read

Code Smell #1 - Método Longo (Long Method)

Descrição O Long Method se refere a um código que possui um método (ou função) muito longo, com muitas linhas de código. Esse é um problema comum em programação, pois métodos longos podem ser difíceis de ler, entender e manter. Problema Sinais de que...

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SJSyed Jafer Kmakereading.comJan 25, 2023 · 3 min read

Code Smell 04 - How to Avoid Misplaced Responsibilities in Your Classes

Misplaced responsibility is a code smell that refers to a class or module that has responsibilities that do not properly align with its intended purpose. This can lead to a number of problems, such as making the class harder to understand, test, and ...

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KSKarthick Selvamblog.karthickselvam.comDec 3, 2022 · 6 min read

Avoiding code smells with clean code

Code smells are often referred to as symptoms because they indicate a deeper issue or problem in the codebase. Code smells are common patterns in software code that may indicate that the code is not well-designed, is difficult to understand or mainta...

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Models don't have a sense of smell

What happens when a team dedicates 10% of their time to fixing technical debt?

Practical Code Smells - Sample 1

Why we should not use magic numbers ?

Why we should not use objects as data structures ?

Identifying and Solving Common Code Smells

Code Smell Detectives: Sniffing Out Bugs and Instinctively Solving Mysteries!

Code Smell #1 - Método Longo (Long Method)

Code Smell 04 - How to Avoid Misplaced Responsibilities in Your Classes

Avoiding code smells with clean code