Show Me Your Code, Not Your Credentials

Just another day hunting for that one useful function in your codebase, only to unmask yet another AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean. Functional programmers smugly sipping tea somewhere while OOP developers keep wrestling with class hierarchies deeper than their project's technical debt. The real villain isn't the ghost - it's the architecture astronaut who decided every function needs to be wrapped in six layers of inheritance.

Content Nick Zorchenhimer Found this in production today. I need a drink. public static bool CompareBooleans (bool orig, bool val) return AreBooleansEqual (orig, val); internal static bool AreBooleansEqual (bool orig, bool val) if(orig val) return false; return true; 1 12:54 AM 31 May 19 Twitter Web Client 2,519 Retweets 7,054 Likes 17

When your project manager asks for a demo and you've spent three sprints perfecting the CSS animations while the backend is literally held together by duct tape and prayer. The building looks absolutely pristine from the street view—nice paint job, decent windows, professional facade. Then you walk around back and realize the entire structure is one strong breeze away from becoming a physics lesson. This is every startup's MVP where the frontend devs got a bit too excited with their Tailwind configs and React animations while the backend team is still arguing about whether to use MongoDB or PostgreSQL. The API endpoints? They exist in theory. The database schema? "We'll normalize it later." The authentication system? "Just hardcode an admin token for now." But hey, at least it looks good on the landing page, right? The investors will never scroll down to see the 500 Internal Server Error hiding behind that beautiful gradient button.

Content When the code is a mess but it's working anyway

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Content RandyWatson 2y 1 Award You're just using the wrong strategy. When I was a new developer someone taught me the secret. You can't just post the question you want the answer to. That gets you nowhere. Instead, post the code you want fixed with some stupid question. Brag about how awesome your code is and even question why dumb developers don't use the techniques you are employing. The more condescending the better. The way you should phrase your question must incorporate blaming other developers for your problem like, "How do I make my awesome code work with this idiot's shitty excuse for an API that I'm required to use because my boss is a dumb ass Then post your code. Your code will be tuned to perfection by angry devs everywhere. They will explain every piece of it to you likely in the most easy to understand (think condescending) way they can because you're an idiot noob who thinks their code is actually good. This will not be a nice explanation, but will be super clear to make sure you understand what an idiot you are. Plus, you will get every finely tuned code snippet possible to fix your solution. You just have to ignore all the mean shit the devs say to take you down a peg. Ask an honest question as a new developer, expect one of two things to happen: crickets or an insult about how you didn't bother to search for the answer. Reply 1.4K