Pair Programming

Content Question 0410 You are in a computer class and working on a coding project. Your friend tells you that if you Google the problem you will find the answer online. If you copy the online code have you violated academic integrity? Maybe No Yes

Content A programmer was walking out of door for work, his wife said "while you're out, buy some milk" and he never came home.

Content Sometimes you just need to close the laptop. No point coding while exhausted.

Content Professor: make a program that displays current time. Me: 1 include stdio. h 2 3 void main() 4 printf("11:00 am"); 5 Me: compiled and executed program at 11:00 am Professor: congrats you passed (1010)

Content WHO WOULD WIN? 10,000 LINES OF CODE TWO DOTS mgillo.con ProgrammerHumor.

The subtle yet profound difference between null != domain and domain != null is perfectly captured here! The first check (happy face) follows the defensive programming principle of putting the constant first to avoid accidental assignments. Meanwhile, the second approach (angry face) risks the dreaded NullPointerException if someone mistakenly types = instead of != . This tiny syntax choice literally determines whether your code review ends with approvals or a 47-comment thread about proper null checking conventions. The facial expressions perfectly match the emotions of discovering which style your codebase has standardized on!