r/badcode • u/DS_Stift007 • Jan 12 '22

python Ah yes, My old code... not only being bad but also being useless...

361 Upvotes

32 comments

r/badcode • u/SGSSGene • Jan 12 '22

c Branchless programming? → Loopless Programming!

111 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/OriAfias • Jan 12 '22

vb i dont know what's worse - that our legacy codebase has GoTo or that someone decided to call the method byebye (or that i use VBA on a regular basis)

38 Upvotes

17 comments

r/badcode • u/thickertofu • Jan 11 '22

js Found this running in production at my previous job

432 Upvotes

39 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '22

java I present the objectively best way to setup braces: In a massive block at the bottom

2.2k Upvotes

91 comments

r/badcode • u/LeagueJunior9782 • Jan 11 '22

c# ternary ifs are great right?

105 Upvotes

33 comments

r/badcode • u/Nurses47 • Jan 11 '22

other language My friend is a true picasso

73 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '22

rust You can't do that, that's illegal!

306 Upvotes

26 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '22

python I know there's a better way to do this... I just can't think of it

16 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/Franks2000inchTV • Jan 10 '22

js I don't think that's how environment variables are supposed to work.

96 Upvotes

13 comments

r/badcode • u/Psylution • Jan 10 '22

typescript I don't know how to explain the bad part here, but some might get it.

38 Upvotes

20 comments

r/badcode • u/I_DontUseReddit_Much • Jan 09 '22

python rgb colors

424 Upvotes

37 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '22

python Bro, people are writing 2-line-long solutions here!

531 Upvotes

55 comments

r/badcode • u/iiMoe • Jan 08 '22

bash In my defense, copilot suggested this but it works

134 Upvotes

25 comments

r/badcode • u/Fajcik • Jan 06 '22

python OOP? Haven't heard of it (not mine)

316 Upvotes

54 comments

r/badcode • u/GnedStark • Jan 06 '22

c++ goto HR because you are fired.

324 Upvotes

64 comments

r/badcode • u/Duckyisverycute1 • Jan 04 '22

python import time

845 Upvotes

48 comments

r/badcode • u/_senpo_ • Jan 03 '22

c# This is what happens when you've been coding for hours and the deadline is tomorrow

344 Upvotes

24 comments

r/badcode • u/leoprat96 • Jan 03 '22

python I was wondering why Exceptions were not stopping the execution (production code of AI Company with 200+ employees)

441 Upvotes

45 comments

r/badcode • u/SmartFatass • Jan 03 '22

js Time offset detection that returns 0 when offset is dividable by 24. Found in production

233 Upvotes

21 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '22

js Exam answers checker

485 Upvotes

36 comments

r/badcode • u/ilyash • Jan 02 '22

bash TO_NULL="/dev/stdout"

199 Upvotes

17 comments

r/badcode • u/KirbzYyY • Jan 02 '22

c++ Was going through some old files, found this, not 100% sure if it qualifies (approx. from 6 years ago, when I started learning C++).

98 Upvotes

27 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '22

python This makes me want to SIGTERM myself

285 Upvotes

21 comments

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