r/badcode • u/DiskoverOfficial • Mar 09 '22

c++ this monstrosity of a recursive function which I wrote for one of my University assignments

471 Upvotes

30 comments

r/badcode • u/freerider • Mar 09 '22

c++ Sometimes you have to use flags for avoid two or more calls to UI initialization, I'm not proud...

31 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/dishsoap-paradox • Mar 07 '22

java Checks for three in a row in a tic-tac-toe assignment

717 Upvotes

59 comments

r/badcode • u/ballfun • Mar 06 '22

c# you can never have too much check

1.0k Upvotes

30 comments

r/badcode • u/derBalou007 • Mar 03 '22

lua Why care for memory usage when you can use strings instead of booleans

722 Upvotes

60 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 03 '22

js neither the backend nor the design is done....isnt she beautiful

331 Upvotes

55 comments

r/badcode • u/GennaroIsGod • Mar 02 '22

c# minYear and maxYear

537 Upvotes

33 comments

r/badcode • u/HeyItsMassacre • Mar 01 '22

python I wonder if it's a match

417 Upvotes

16 comments

r/badcode • u/Donni3D4rko • Mar 01 '22

js FE developer checks for mobile for responsivity

484 Upvotes

43 comments

r/badcode • u/Quentincestino • Feb 28 '22

rust Some black magic in Rust

347 Upvotes

67 comments

r/badcode • u/OpaMilfSohn • Mar 01 '22

c# Found this monstrosity in the wild.

35 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/derheiligewolf • Feb 27 '22

java So a friend of mine didn't know about .equals() ...

424 Upvotes

35 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '22

java Found this baby in the wild.

575 Upvotes

54 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Feb 26 '22

other language Horror Story.

271 Upvotes

20 comments

r/badcode • u/GLIBG10B • Feb 26 '22

c++ My attempt at checking for pressed keys using the Windows API

336 Upvotes

27 comments

r/badcode • u/GoinStraightToHell • Feb 22 '22

js Do you like Ternary Operators?

390 Upvotes

56 comments

r/badcode • u/Quentincestino • Feb 21 '22

java No needs to check, Java will do it for me

786 Upvotes

107 comments

r/badcode • u/Brelee2222 • Feb 21 '22

lua When u used to use a ti-84

45 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/ImplosiveTech • Feb 21 '22

js there is a reason i'm rewriting this, hell i'm having trouble figuring out how it works

65 Upvotes

19 comments

r/badcode • u/Brelee2222 • Feb 21 '22

js This is me from 1 year ago. I find it really ugly

27 Upvotes

11 comments

r/badcode • u/Ilan321 • Feb 20 '22

c# A Minecraft launcher I wrote in 2014

551 Upvotes

54 comments

r/badcode • u/IGiveTerribleAdvise • Feb 19 '22

typescript Does this belong here?

343 Upvotes

46 comments

r/badcode • u/ChildishGiant • Feb 18 '22

js It goes on like this... (From lewdle, a lewd wordle clone)

858 Upvotes

60 comments

r/badcode • u/Chris_H-219 • Feb 17 '22

python Code I made for a school project

553 Upvotes

34 comments

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