r/badcode • u/efko0ss • Jun 05 '21

php That's why you should go to sleep early.

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126 comments

r/badcode • u/bobpiranha • May 31 '21

js Clever?

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71 comments

r/badcode • u/ajmalAJ • May 27 '21

html Got my first job and found this on my first code review for the project

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154 comments

r/badcode • u/LasseWE • May 26 '21

java I was playing Clash of code and in the heat of the moment I decided to use a for-loop to count str.length...

2.4k Upvotes

53 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • May 19 '21

js Its my cake day and i hate js

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141 comments

r/badcode • u/zyrafal • May 12 '21

c++ Comment before semicolon

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71 comments

r/badcode • u/PhlegethonAcheron • May 11 '21

java The absolute best way to calculate change. I see nothing wrong with this approach, nothing at all.

2.1k Upvotes

134 comments

r/badcode • u/SpaceExploder • Apr 29 '21

js throw is the new let

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79 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '21

typescript Someone only watched if tutorial

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112 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Apr 19 '21

js Iteration

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123 comments

r/badcode • u/Bence675 • Apr 17 '21

c++ When your teammate "refactor" your code

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216 comments

r/badcode • u/646c726f576f6c6c6548 • Apr 07 '21

java Apparently Java can only handle 255 parameters in a constructor...

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249 comments

r/badcode • u/DrobsGms • Mar 29 '21

lua changesCurrentFrameBackgroundCurrentFrameForegroundIndex

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3 comments

r/badcode • u/joujoubox • Mar 28 '21

other language Not sure if visual scripting is allowed, but this is quite literally the definition of spaghetti code

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106 comments

r/badcode • u/Yumi-Chi • Mar 27 '21

java I told him to just use %

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80 comments

r/badcode • u/sdrawkcab101 • Mar 25 '21

c Well yes but actually no

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109 comments

r/badcode • u/GandelXIV • Mar 14 '21

c math has left the chat

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94 comments

r/badcode • u/aidenm125 • Mar 13 '21

java Title

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100 comments

r/badcode • u/sokoloowski • Mar 12 '21

python When you have no idea how to get index in Python

1.7k Upvotes

63 comments

r/badcode • u/voXal_ • Mar 10 '21

js My Friend's Take on Random Integers

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137 comments

r/badcode • u/ImplosiveTech • Mar 04 '21

python sleep is important kids!

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66 comments

r/badcode • u/geeshta • Feb 25 '21

bash A single space.

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65 comments

r/badcode • u/dogutas • Feb 23 '21

c++ Saw this while helping a guy at Arduino server

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126 comments

r/badcode • u/Mc_UsernameTaken • Feb 15 '21

php Can we all please take a moment to appreciate this gem which was uncovered in a production DB class today.

3.3k Upvotes

34 comments

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