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Get Motivated To Write Terrible Code

Python Programming Debugging Testing

19 days ago 202.9K views 0 shares

Get Motivated To Write Terrible Code

Top: A horrifying cascade of hardcoded if-statements checking individual values from 457 to 463, alternating between returning True and False. Bottom: The reason for this atrocity - a script that generates these if-statements by asking how many you need, then writing them to a file with alternating boolean returns. And they say automation is supposed to make our lives better. This is the programming equivalent of using a CNC machine to carve "Live, Laugh, Love" signs.

Anti-Pattern Alpha

Programming Debugging Testing

4 months ago 117.4K views 0 shares

Anti-Pattern Alpha

There's commenting code, and then there's weaponizing comments. While you're over there documenting your elegant solutions, some developers are crafting elaborate manifestos defending why they chose to implement a singleton that manages 47 global variables with a switch statement that's 300 lines long. The truly diabolical part? The comments are so well-written that the next developer thinks, "This person clearly thought this through." No, Chad, they just have excellent PR skills for their terrible code crimes.