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This Works In Theory
Algorithms Math Programming Debugging
12 days ago 68.9K views 1 shares
This Works In Theory
The eternal struggle between theory and reality, illustrated with the elegance of a napkin sketch. What we have here is a linked list implementation of a number classifier that would make computer science professors proud and working developers cry. Sure, in theory, you can determine if a number is odd or even by traversing a linked list where each node points to its opposite classification. Start at "isEven" with 0, follow the pointer once for 1 to get "isOdd", twice for 2 to get back to "isEven"... mathematically sound! Meanwhile, in the real world, the rest of us are just using n % 2 == 0 like normal people and going home at 5pm instead of debugging infinite loops when someone inputs 18,446,744,073,709,551,615.

Return True (But Make It Complicated)
Programming Algorithms Javascript Debugging
22 days ago 79.8K views 0 shares
Return True (But Make It Complicated)
When someone asks what you do for a living, and your brain immediately jumps to the most unnecessarily complex implementation possible. Like, congratulations on writing a function that could be replaced with return number % 2 == 0 , but sure, let's hardcode ten separate conditions because that's definitely maintainable. Nothing says "I'm a programmer" quite like turning a one-liner into a nightmare that future you will curse at 2 AM during a production outage.

When Your Code Review Is Actually A Career Opportunity
Java Algorithms Programming Debugging
24 days ago 70.0K views 0 shares
When Your Code Review Is Actually A Career Opportunity
Someone's complaining about camelCase while writing a function that could be replaced with return number % 2 == 0 . The irony is thicker than the stack of unnecessary if statements. This is what happens when you optimize for LinkedIn engagement instead of code efficiency. Must be nice having that much time between standup meetings.

The Elegant Art Of Overengineering
Python Algorithms Programming
25 days ago 85.1K views 1 shares
The Elegant Art Of Overengineering
Ah, the elegant art of being simultaneously clever and ridiculous. This Python function is the programming equivalent of using a sledgehammer to kill a fly—with style. Instead of the boring old num % 2 == 0 check that peasant programmers use, this galaxy-brain developer created a string "eovdden" and indexes into it using num % 2 as the position, followed by another 2 (which does absolutely nothing). The string is cleverly arranged so position 0 gives "even" and position 1 gives "odd" — making this the most unnecessarily complex even/odd checker in existence. It's like building a Rube Goldberg machine when a light switch would do. And those sunglasses emojis? They know exactly what they've done. Pure chaotic evil masquerading as code.

Its A Lot Faster
Algorithms C++ Math Javascript Programming
1 month ago 124.4K views 0 shares
Its A Lot Faster
Ah, the classic bitwise vs modulo showdown. Left guy uses (num%2) == 0 to check if a number is even - the textbook approach they teach you in CS101. Right guy with the sunglasses? He's using (num&1) == 0 - the bitwise AND operation that's marginally faster because it works directly with the bits. Same result, but the bitwise operation skips the division calculation. It's the programming equivalent of bringing a switchblade to a butter knife fight. Technically more efficient, practically irrelevant for most applications, but absolutely essential for establishing your dominance in code reviews.