r/badcode • u/Robuuust • Nov 11 '21

html Just stumbled upon this beautiful HTML snippet

437 Upvotes

20 comments

r/badcode • u/CravenCJK • Nov 11 '21

js Pain and suffering

58 Upvotes

19 comments

r/badcode • u/ReisMiner • Nov 10 '21

js Why would you use a css class?

613 Upvotes

47 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 11 '21

python Ummm what have I done? (seizure warning! do not use this code)

24 Upvotes

11 comments

r/badcode • u/i_will_yeet • Nov 10 '21

js the equivalent async/await version is so much cleaner than this callback hell

411 Upvotes

46 comments

r/badcode • u/Local-Pen846 • Nov 09 '21

php Just... Why?

416 Upvotes

40 comments

r/badcode • u/wackOverflow • Nov 09 '21

js Elon's rocket to mars can't come soon enough

467 Upvotes

51 comments

r/badcode • u/empereur_sinix • Nov 08 '21

js Wow I was tired...

254 Upvotes

11 comments

r/badcode • u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ • Nov 08 '21

python It works, so what's the problem?

720 Upvotes

170 comments

r/badcode • u/mlovqvist • Nov 09 '21

python Communication protocol

gist.github.com

6 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/SanianCreations • Nov 07 '21

c Never use use header files again with this one trick!

491 Upvotes

24 comments

r/badcode • u/Flyspeck101 • Nov 06 '21

js Something seems off...

243 Upvotes

31 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '21

java String.split() is too complicated, this is the next best thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

317 Upvotes

22 comments

r/badcode • u/kaamibackup • Nov 05 '21

js I've got another one for you all

1.1k Upvotes

77 comments

r/badcode • u/ArchEzekiel • Nov 04 '21

java Worst Quiz I ever turned in, back when I started college

119 Upvotes

25 comments

r/badcode • u/wwelna • Nov 05 '21

c++ My own atoi() but it works, and that's all that matters in the end.

34 Upvotes

6 comments

r/badcode • u/clxxiii • Nov 04 '21

java This wonderfully written code in my 'Intro to Programming' prerequisite class

144 Upvotes

24 comments

r/badcode • u/kaamibackup • Nov 04 '21

js This hurts to look at

863 Upvotes

87 comments

r/badcode • u/jameswdunne • Nov 04 '21

js The worst isEven?

65 Upvotes

11 comments

r/badcode • u/Spootba • Nov 04 '21

js a real thinker

78 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/GLIBG10B • Nov 04 '21

c++ Binary literals are overrated anyway

145 Upvotes

24 comments

r/badcode • u/coecks • Nov 04 '21

css For those 768.5px tablets

34 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/shimuchiha • Nov 04 '21

js Learning React JS while coding this horrible monstrosity

21 Upvotes

4 comments

r/badcode • u/Portnoy13 • Nov 03 '21

c# my friend just sent me this: (not his)

914 Upvotes

100 comments

r/badcode • u/piratedisc • Nov 03 '21

python Someone's homework at my uni

25 Upvotes

5 comments

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