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Author: Maximiliano Contieri

Refactor Like a Pro: Ditch Hardcoded Inputs for Good

Post date April 7, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, hardcoded-inputs, input, programming, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring, software-development

Refactoring 025 – Decompose Regular Expressions

Post date March 31, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, hackernoon-top-story, JavaScript, refactoring, regular expressions, software engineering, software-development, technology

Overusing Implicit Returns Makes Your Code Harder to Read and Debug

Post date March 17, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, clean-architecture, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software-development, swift, technology

AI Coding Tools Are Bad News for Lazy Programmers

Post date March 12, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In ai, artificial-intelligence, clean code, hackernoon-top-story, programming, refactoring, software engineering, software-development

Refactoring 024 – Replace Global Variables with Dependency Injection

Post date March 10, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, JavaScript, programming, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring, software-development, technology

Code Smell 293 – You Should Avoid Adding isTesting or Similar Flags

Post date March 6, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In bijection, clean code, code-smells, hackernoon-top-story, istesting, refactoring, rust, software-development

Code Smell 292 – Missing Return

Post date February 27, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, Kotlin, kotlin-development, refactoring, return-statements, static-analyzier

Changing Keys, Losing Values

Post date February 24, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, hackernoon-top-story, java, mutable-keys, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring, software engineering, software-development

Here’s Why You Should Replace Inheritance with Delegation

Post date February 17, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, java, programming, refactoring, refactoring-023, software engineering, software-development, technology

Code Smell 290 – Refused Bequest

Post date February 12, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In bijection, clean code, code-smells, JavaScript, learning-to-code, refactoring, refused-bequest, subclasses

How to Implement the Visitor Pattern Correctly

Post date February 7, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smell-289, code-smells, design patterns, php, programming, refactoring, visitor-pattern

When You Forget to Throw, Your Code Will Blow

Post date February 3, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smell-288, exception-handling, programming, python, refactoring, software engineering, software-development

Code Smell 287 – Unused Local Assignment

Post date January 29, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, refactoring, remove-unused-assignments, software engineering, software-development, unused-local-assignments, what-are-mutating-objects

Refactoring 022 – Extract Common Ancestor

Post date January 23, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, extract-common-ancestor, how-to-improve-bijection, java, php, refactoring, software-development

So You Think You’re Smart? Try These 5 Levels of Quantum Computing Explanations

Post date January 19, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In Google, hackernoon-top-story, programming, quantum-computing, quantum-computing-explained, quantum-mechanics, software-development, technology

Code Smell 286 – Parent-Child Method Overlaps

Post date January 16, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-refactoring, code-smell-detection, code-smells, object-oriented-programming, parent-class-methods, php, php-development

Code Smell 285 – How to Fix Non-Imperative Functions

Post date January 11, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, hackernoon-top-story, JavaScript, naming-conventions, non-imperative-functions, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring, software-development

Refactoring 021 – Remove Dead Code

Post date January 1, 2025
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, hackernoon-top-story, programming, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring, software engineering, technology

Code Smell 278 – DirName and File

Post date November 11, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-readability, code-refactoring, code-smells, directory-path-naming, JavaScript, software engineering, variable-naming-conventions

Code Smell 278 — DirName and File

Post date November 11, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, refactoring, software engineering, software-development

Refactoring 018 – How to Replace a Singleton

Post date November 6, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In code-smells, how-to-replace-a-singleton, refactoring, singleton, singleton-design-pattern, software engineering, software-architecture, what-is-refactoring

Code Smell 277 – UPPERCASE Acronyms

Post date October 30, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In camel-case, clean code, code-smells, java, JavaScript, software engineering, software-development, technology

Code Smell 276 – Untested Regular Expressions

Post date October 27, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In ai-detection, code-smells, refactoring, regular expressions, software engineering, software-architecture, software-development, what-are-regular-expressions

Refactoring 017 — Convert Attributes to Sets

Post date October 21, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, refactoring, software-development, typescript

Refactoring 017 – Convert Attributes to Sets

Post date October 21, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software engineering, software-development, technology, typescript

Ethereum and Smart Contracts Explained in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Post date October 15, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In decentralized-applications, decentralized-finance, ETH, ethereum, ethereum-2.0, ethereum-blockchain, ethereum-scalability, smart-contracts

Reputation and Trust – Rely on Others

Post date October 8, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In a-decentralized-world, aut-labs, decentralization, future-of-humanity, future-of-reputation, optout, reputation, social-media

Code Smell 273 – Overengineering

Post date October 7, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-complexity, code-refactoring, code-smells, kiss-principle, programming-best-practices, refactor-legacy-code, software-architecture

Code Smell 272 – API Chain

Post date September 30, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In api, api-chain, api-integration, api-requests, clean code, rest-api, software engineering, testing

Code Smell 271 – The Hollywood Principle

Post date September 25, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, coding-mistakes, hollywood, software-development, software-engineer, the-hollywood-principle, typescript

Code Smell 270 – Boolean APIs

Post date September 22, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In apis, boolean-apis, clean code, creating-separate-endpoints, refactoring, rest-api, security, whatsapp

Refactoring 016 – Building With The Essence

Post date September 16, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-refactoring, eliminate-getters, java, programming, reduce-mutability, refactor-legacy-code, refactoring

Code Smell 269 – Low-Level Addition

Post date September 12, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In ai-generated-code, ai-generated-scripts, clean code, code-maintainability, code-smells, declarative-coding, loop-free-programming, refactoring

Code Smell 268 – Ternary Metaprogramming

Post date September 7, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, JavaScript, meta-programming, metaprogramming, refactoring, software-development, ternary-metaprogramming

Code Smell 267 – Objects Aliasing

Post date September 2, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In ai-assisted-coding, clean code, code-refactoring, code-smells, functional programming, immutability-in-programming, objects-aliasing, thread-safety-in-coding

Code Smell 266 – Collection Aliasing

Post date August 29, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-refactoring, code-smells, common-code-smells, immutable-collections, java-programming, preventing-aliasing-in-java, thread-safety-in-java

Code Smell 265 – Linguistic Confusion

Post date August 23, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code quality, code-readability, code-refactoring, code-smells, learning-to-code, naming-conventions, software engineering

Code Smell 264 – Hanlon’s Razor

Post date August 18, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code quality, code-refactoring, code-smells, hanlon's-razor-in-coding, javascript-development, overdefensive-programming, software-complexity

Code Smell 263 – Squatting

Post date August 14, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In aws, clean code, cloud-security, secure-your-cloud-resources, security, software engineering, software-development, squatting-in-programming

Code Smell 262 – Not Replaced Constants

Post date August 9, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, not-replaced-constants, pkfail, refactoring, rust, security, software engineering

Code Smell 261 – DigiCert Underscores

Post date August 4, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, digicert, digicert-validation, dns-record-setup, legacy-data-validation, security-risks-in-validation, ssl-certificate

Code Smell 260 – Crowdstrike NULL

Post date July 22, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code quality, memory-access-violation, null, null-checks-in-code, null-pointers, privilege-mode-drivers, windows-programming

Code Smell 259 – Control Your Environment to Avoid Test Failures

Post date July 18, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, JavaScript, programming, refactoring, software-testing, technology, test-environment, testing

Code Smell 258 – The Dangers of Hardcoding Secrets

Post date July 15, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, cyber-security, programming, secrets, security, software engineering, software-development, technology

Refactoring 014 – How to Remove IF

Post date July 7, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, clean-architecture, code-refactoring, if-elif-else, refactoring, remove-if-guide, software engineering, software-development

Finding the Stinky Parts of Your Code: Code Smell 256 – Mutable Getters

Post date June 30, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code quality, code-refactoring, immutable-data-structures, immutable-objects-java, java-collections, mutable-getters, refactor-legacy-code

Explaining Bitcoin in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Post date June 24, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In bitcoin, bitcoin-explained, bitcoin-for-beginners, bitcoin-spotlight, digital-currency, digital-identity, finance, future-of-finance

Code Smell 255 – Addressing Parallel Hierarchies in Code

Post date June 21, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In chatgpt, clean code, java, programming, software engineering, software-architecture, software-development, technology

Refactoring 013 – Eliminating Repeated Code with DRY Principles

Post date June 17, 2024
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, dry-principle, programming, refactoring, repeated-code, software engineering, software-development, technology

Code Smell 212 – Elvis Operator

Post date May 14, 2023
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, programming, software engineering, software-development

Code Smell 206 — Long Ternaries

Post date April 12, 2023
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software-development

Code Smell 184 — Exception Arrow Code

Post date December 6, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code, code-smells, refactoring, software-development

Code Smell 181 — Nested Classes

Post date November 23, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, java, php, refactoring

Code Smell 176 — Changes in Essence

Post date November 3, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, software engineering, software-development

Code Smell 174 — Broken Windows

Post date October 27, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, refactoring, software engineering, software-development

Refactoring 009 — Protect Public Attributes

Post date October 26, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software-development

Code Smell 168 — Undocumented Decisions

Post date October 12, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, software engineering, software-development

Code Smell 166 — Low-Level Errors on User Interface

Post date September 30, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software-development

How to Create a Wordle with TDD in Javascript

Post date September 13, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In JavaScript, programming, tdd, test-driven-development, wordle

Code Smell 151 — Commented Code

Post date July 24, 2022
Post author By Maximiliano Contieri
Post categories In clean code, code-smells, programming, refactoring, software engineering

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