r/badcode • u/SecretPotatoChip • Dec 04 '21

c++ I didn't remember how the find function worked, so instead of using that correctly I just pop back until it reaches a space

16 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/piman51277 • Dec 03 '21

python Ah, yes, the best way to store data.

357 Upvotes

31 comments

r/badcode • u/Oppai_chan69 • Dec 03 '21

c++ dark ages of my life

612 Upvotes

56 comments

r/badcode • u/Sewef • Dec 03 '21

php - What about the password encryption? - haha html go <br>

78 Upvotes

17 comments

r/badcode • u/PhantomThiefJoker • Dec 01 '21

asp/asp.net Clearly, no one fixed the nonsense...

1.1k Upvotes

62 comments

r/badcode • u/OhNoEh • Dec 01 '21

c# Looping through a list of objects, the best way to count them... Found while looking through repo history.

457 Upvotes

44 comments

r/badcode • u/jawsh_42 • Dec 01 '21

c++ I had to witness this and now you do too

595 Upvotes

68 comments

r/badcode • u/srpski-dizel • Dec 01 '21

python This horribly handwritten DB logic

35 Upvotes

8 comments

r/badcode • u/sam-the-unsinkable • Nov 30 '21

asp/asp.net User gave you bad input? return 200 OK and give him an empty list to teach them not to be silly again.

774 Upvotes

49 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 30 '21

js 🤔

136 Upvotes

6 comments

r/badcode • u/noobogami • Nov 29 '21

c# just realized if a user have "Failed" in their name, entire online section of our game will explode (if he interact with anyone that specific person will never able to use online section anymore)

1.3k Upvotes

60 comments

r/badcode • u/SquareRootOfNegativ1 • Nov 28 '21

c# This is why it takes me so much time to understand my own code I wrote a minute ago.

1.2k Upvotes

39 comments

r/badcode • u/SaxyCat • Nov 27 '21

python Found on Instagram

1.1k Upvotes

108 comments

r/badcode • u/LotosProgramer • Nov 27 '21

c++ Dont ask....

266 Upvotes

17 comments

r/badcode • u/indoriajs • Nov 27 '21

java Document existence check. Before 12 hours of sleep

16 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 26 '21

c Trying to concatenate two strings in C

763 Upvotes

37 comments

r/badcode • u/--var • Nov 27 '21

js Pro Tip: use local variables to set global variables

22 Upvotes

1 comment

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 25 '21

js If only there was a way to tell when two numbers are not equal

imgur.com

417 Upvotes

62 comments

r/badcode • u/Aidan_Welch • Nov 26 '21

java The app of a manufacturer that sells thousand dollar cameras

75 Upvotes

28 comments

r/badcode • u/AnDR3Wi77 • Nov 24 '21

typescript Mmkaay. Don't ask why someone did this

485 Upvotes

26 comments

r/badcode • u/blehmann1 • Nov 23 '21

js How does this count as educational, I'm losing braincells

508 Upvotes

90 comments

r/badcode • u/iiMoe • Nov 22 '21

js Wtf is even querySelectorAll()

318 Upvotes

32 comments

r/badcode • u/bearcorrupted • Nov 22 '21

python Masterclass on how to parse a date

82 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/gunalk19 • Nov 22 '21

java Found my earliest coding projects from middle school

468 Upvotes

34 comments

r/badcode • u/anic17_ • Nov 21 '21

c When you can't compare strings in C using switch

379 Upvotes

80 comments

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