Rob Sobers

Rob Sobers has asked 46 questions and find answers to 12 problems.

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I'm a software developer with a love for problem solving, design, and technology in general.

I'm currently working at Fog Creek Software in New York.

Rob Sobers questions

Why is inserting at the end of a dynamic array O(1) while inserting in the middle is O(n)?
System.Collections - why so many options?
With jQuery, how do I select an element with a meta-character in its name?
.NET: Why isn't base 64 in Encoding.GetEncodings()?
Is there a heuristic to determine whether a method or field belongs in a class?
What is the best data structure for this in-memory lookup table?
Using a XAML vector image as a window icon
When should I create a separate controller instead of a custom action in Rails? [duplicate]
Overriding ReadOnly Property in a subclass to make it Read/Write (VB.NET or C#)
VB.NET: If I pass a String ByVal into a function but do not change the string, do I have one or two strings in memory?

Rob Sobers answers

With jQuery, how do I select an element with a meta-character in its name?
Chrome extension, javascript: Why is this firing twice?
WPF DataGrid: How do you get the content of a single cell?
Require command not working within bash irb on Snow Leopard
Recovering history in hg when move not done properly
Test page to verify if jQuery code works [closed]
Ruby on Rails: How do detect if access by JSON?
What is the best way to stop a user from resizing the top-level window of an application written in WPF?
Rails: has_many through with polymorphic association - will this work?
How do you keep the WPF window sized to content with an Expander after resize