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Replacing Commas In Strings With A Lookalike, For Security Reasons

4 days ago 85.0K views 1 shares

Replacing Commas In Strings With A Lookalike, For Security Reasons

Ah, the classic "security through visual confusion" approach! This developer is replacing commas with Unicode character U+201A (single low-9 quotation mark) which looks nearly identical but won't trigger Airtable's delimiter parsing. The best part is the function name safeComma - as if this hack deserves the word "safe" anywhere near it. It's like putting a fake mustache on your data and calling it "military-grade encryption." This is the programming equivalent of writing "Not a Drug Deal" on your suspicious briefcase. Sure, it technically works, but someday, somewhere, a developer will inherit this code and question all their life choices.

When Your IDE Becomes Your English Teacher

Programming Gamedev Debugging

6 days ago 145.7K views 1 shares

When Your IDE Becomes Your English Teacher

STOP THE PRESSES! The code editor has become the grammar police! 💀 While you're just trying to write some innocent game code with "wanna," the editor is clutching its digital pearls like you've committed a syntax WAR CRIME. Because CLEARLY the most important thing when you're debugging at 2AM isn't fixing that memory leak—it's making sure your comments are FORMAL ENOUGH for the Queen's royal approval. Next thing you know, your IDE will be demanding you wear a tie while coding. THE AUDACITY!

Documentation Is Hard

Programming Agile Git Debugging Testing

7 days ago 144.2K views 0 shares

BEHOLD! The PINNACLE of technical documentation in all its glory! 🎨 Spent 72 hours coding a complex algorithm that could potentially save humanity, but the documentation? "I'm Tracy." THAT'S IT. THAT'S THE ENTIRE DOCUMENTATION. Future developers will have to perform a séance to understand this code because apparently naming a random person is all the context we need! Next time someone asks why the project is six months behind schedule, I'll just introduce myself and walk away. GENIUS!

Just Ignore And Try Again Later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Debugging Programming Testing Backend

8 days ago 149.8K views 0 shares

$Just Ignore And Try Again Later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯$

The code equivalent of sweeping dust under the rug! That comment in the catch block is basically every developer at 4:59 PM on a Friday. "Oh, an exception? I'll just leave a cute little shrug emoticon and a comment promising to fix it 'later' (read: never). Because who needs proper error handling when you can just pretend the problem doesn't exist? Future You will totally appreciate this brilliant strategy when production crashes at 2 AM!

Why Say Many Words When Few Do Trick

Programming Gamedev C++ Algorithms Debugging

14 days ago 151.7K views 0 shares

When your IDE documentation is just ASCII art instead of actual descriptions. The developer who made this struct literally drew a 3D cube in code comments instead of writing proper documentation. Then labeled the vertices A-H and called it a day. Pure chaotic genius! Bonus points for the struct being named "CubeInt" which somehow makes it both obvious and completely unhelpful at the same time. Who needs formal documentation when you can just sketch it out in ASCII?

When I Read My Three Years Old Code

Programming Debugging Testing

14 days ago 128.1K views 0 shares

Looking at your old code and deciding the only rational solution is to remove your brain, wash it with gasoline, and hope for the best. That feeling when your past self left you a cryptic masterpiece with zero comments and variable names like 'x', 'temp', and 'iSwearThisWorks'. The gasoline is probably more for drinking at this point.

How I Comment My Code

Programming Debugging Testing

16 days ago 203.9K views 1 shares

When they say "comment your code," I don't think they meant copying instructions from a pizza box. But honestly, this is more helpful than most comments I've seen in production. At least it's clear what you need to do! Unlike that one function named "doStuff()" with a comment that just says "magic happens here." If only debugging were as simple as opening a box before eating pizza—though both activities do tend to happen at midnight while questioning your life choices.

Asking The Senior

Programming Agile Debugging Testing

22 days ago 140.7K views 0 shares

Junior: "Where's documentation?" Senior: "I AM THE DOCUMENTATION!" The final boss of every legacy codebase isn't the complexity—it's the grizzled veteran who wrote it all and never bothered documenting a single line. Why write comments when you can just be summoned like some mythical creature whenever something breaks? Nothing says job security like being the human equivalent of a 600-page technical manual that nobody wants to read.

He's Got A Point

Programming Agile Git Debugging

23 days ago 129.2K views 0 shares

OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of developers who sprinkle their code with TODOs like confetti at a parade! 💅 We're basically creating our own little graveyard of good intentions right there in the source code! Those TODOs are just digital tombstones marking the burial sites of features we'll "totally get to someday" but will actually rot there until the heat death of the universe. It's like leaving Post-it notes on your fridge about going to the gym – we all know that's NEVER happening, honey! The code equivalent of "I'll call you sometime" after a bad first date!

Error Handlers: Where Developers Hide Their Trauma

C++ Programming Debugging Testing

26 days ago 151.5K views 0 shares

Error Handlers: Where Developers Hide Their Trauma

This code is peak developer therapy. When your C++ program crashes, it doesn't just fail silently—it vents . The first handler randomly blames an imaginary esoteric language (malbolge, brainfuck, or lisp) for your problems, while the second handler perfectly captures the existential dread of pointer manipulation. The comment "TODO: add more languages to make fun of" is the cherry on top—because even in our error handlers, we maintain a proper backlog. The developer who wrote this has clearly reached the "humor as coping mechanism" stage of programming.

Docs Are Read Only

Programming Debugging

1 month ago 138.3K views 0 shares

The DUALITY of the programmer's soul laid bare! 😱 When we're DESPERATELY hunting for documentation, we transform into feral Gollum, ready to sacrifice our firstborn for a single paragraph explaining that obscure API. "MUST HAVE THE PRECIOUS DOCS!" we screech while frantically clicking through GitHub issues at 3 AM. But the MOMENT someone suggests WE write documentation? Suddenly we're covering our ears like traumatized Sméagol, absolutely REFUSING to acknowledge such a horrifying request. "NOT LISTENING! I'M NOT LISTENING!" Because writing docs is basically volunteering for torture when there's "real coding" to be done!

Code So Weird, It Deserves Its Own Warning Label

Programming Debugging Testing

1 month ago 137.5K views 0 shares

Code So Weird, It Deserves Its Own Warning Label

Ah yes, the digital equivalent of finding ancient hieroglyphics. Nothing says "job security" like writing code so complex that even your future self will be baffled. That counter isn't tracking optimization attempts—it's tracking the collective existential crises of every developer who touched this monstrosity. The best part? Somewhere out there is a developer staring at this comment, incrementing the counter to 68, and wondering if therapy is covered by their health plan.

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Code comments Memes

Replacing Commas In Strings With A Lookalike, For Security Reasons

When Your IDE Becomes Your English Teacher

Documentation Is Hard

Just Ignore And Try Again Later ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why Say Many Words When Few Do Trick

When I Read My Three Years Old Code

How I Comment My Code

Asking The Senior

Desk Accessories (affiliate)

He's Got A Point

Error Handlers: Where Developers Hide Their Trauma

Docs Are Read Only

Code So Weird, It Deserves Its Own Warning Label

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