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It Pays To Double Check They Say Part Two
Gamedev Debugging Programming
3 months ago 19.8M views 0 shares
It Pays To Double Check They Say Part Two
Someone really, really wanted to make sure the player was dead before executing all those game-ending cleanup routines. Line 8 sets HP to -1, but then we get a beautiful cascade of nested if (HP==0) checks that will literally never execute. It's like building an entire mansion of death animations, sound effects, and instance destroys... and then locking the door and throwing away the key. The irony? They're checking for HP being exactly zero when they just set it to -1. So all those carefully crafted death sequences—stopping sounds, pausing boss music, spawning blood emitters, destroying boss items, playing death sounds, removing HP bars—are all sitting there in unreachable code purgatory. The player could be at -1 HP, technically dead, but the game's like "nah, you're good, keep playing." The "double check" here isn't defensive programming—it's defensive paranoia that accidentally created an immortality glitch. Should've been if (HP <= 0) or just removed that initial assignment. Classic GameMaker Studio moment right here.

When The Code Is Written Entirely By AI
AI Programming Debugging
8 months ago 420.9K views 0 shares
When The Code Is Written Entirely By AI
Rick confidently throws a portal at the wall, expecting it to work. Cut to him staring at a wall covered in nested if-statements with zero logic inside them. That's your AI-generated codebase right there. You ask ChatGPT for a simple function and it gives you seven layers of conditionals that all check the same thing. No else blocks, no early returns, just pure chaos wrapped in the illusion of structure. Sure, it might technically run, but good luck explaining to your team why there are 47 if-statements doing absolutely nothing productive. The best part? The AI will confidently tell you it's "optimized" and "follows best practices." Meanwhile you're left refactoring what looks like a choose-your-own-adventure book written by someone who's never heard of boolean logic.

Lmao More Than 50-60 Lines Make A New Function
Programming Debugging Java Python Javascript
1 year ago 411.5K views 0 shares
Lmao More Than 50-60 Lines Make A New Function
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute AUDACITY of junior devs bringing their deeply nested if-statement monstrosities into code reviews! 💀 Senior devs are literally DYING inside watching these poor souls casually stroll in with their 17 levels of indentation like it's just "a smoothie." HONEY, that's not a smoothie—that's a crime against humanity that would make even the most hardened code reviewer weep! Meanwhile, the senior is standing there having an existential crisis because they spent YEARS learning that anything beyond 2 levels of nesting is basically asking for the debugging equivalent of exploring the nine circles of hell. But sure, bring your "smoothie" to the code review. We'll just be over here hyperventilating into a paper bag!

Nested If Statements Be Like
Programming Debugging Algorithms C++ Java
1 year ago 533.5K views 4 shares
Nested If Statements Be Like
Ah, the endless scroll of nested if statements! This comic perfectly captures that moment when your code logic gets so deep you need a spelunking team to find your way back out. The comic just keeps going... and going... and going... just like that conditional nightmare you wrote at 3 AM that seemed like a good idea at the time. By the time you reach the end, you've forgotten what the original condition even was! This is why senior devs wake up in cold sweats screaming "REFACTOR!" and why code reviewers contemplate career changes. The real horror isn't the monster under your bed—it's the 17 nested if statements waiting for you in Monday's code review.

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No Complaints
Javascript Programming Debugging Webdev Frontend
1 year ago 393.9K views 0 shares
No Complaints
Oh the duality of internet dwellers! 😂 On the left, we've got the programmer having an existential crisis over code that looks like a Russian nesting doll of if-statements. SEVEN LEVELS DEEP?! That's not code, that's an inception sequel! Meanwhile, the Reddit chad on the right is casually munching popcorn through 57 replies of people arguing whether JavaScript is trash or if tabs are better than spaces. The irony? The code is literally checking if someone hates JavaScript and bullies others... which is basically Reddit's favorite pastime. It's the circle of strife! ✨