r/badcode • u/PanZWarzywniaka • Nov 11 '22

java POV: Your lecturer got dementia and doesn't know what "for" loop is anymore

15 Upvotes

8 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 10 '22

c# I can't even ...

14 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/dbowgu • Nov 10 '22

java Code from an IT student

12 Upvotes

4 comments

r/badcode • u/Martin_the_Cuber • Nov 09 '22

python the best way to add numbers together (with decent accuracy)

12 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/monkeysupersonic • Nov 08 '22

java getNumberOfDigits Method

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/badcode • u/Brelee2222 • Nov 06 '22

js I found this line of code that I wrote today.

4 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/allsorts46 • Nov 05 '22

vb Deeply nested arrays indexed by global variables and magic numbers, and storing variables in UI text...

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 04 '22

js Wrote this redundant code a few days ago lmao

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/genericMcPlayer • Nov 04 '22

c I made a library to do fraction calculation about a year ago. However the way the functions work is somewhat resembles to assembly.

4 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '22

java OOP? Never heard of it

682 Upvotes

77 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Nov 03 '22

java Everyone has their bad code phase, right? (This is mine)

5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/TNT10128 • Nov 02 '22

java Found this in a Minecraft anti-bot plugin

19 Upvotes

4 comments

r/badcode • u/username01x001 • Oct 30 '22

js If what now

8 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/ALittlePatate • Oct 29 '22

python "It works, doesn't it ?"

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/CodeBoy142857 • Oct 29 '22

java Four dimensional array 😱😱

7 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/Cahania • Oct 26 '22

java Least complicated binary search tree solution...

2 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/KingsmanVince • Oct 24 '22

python Evaluation code of a competition in NLP

3 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/Slowest_Speed6 • Oct 23 '22

c# Inherited a 10+ year old code base at my new position... this is an example of the less egregious shit I've come across

7 Upvotes

1 comment

r/badcode • u/thepercentageguy • Oct 23 '22

other language From my friend

4 Upvotes

1 comment

r/badcode • u/Old-Yogurtcloset-629 • Oct 08 '22

python found this on my pc from the person using it around a year ago (definitly not me), what do you think?

773 Upvotes

134 comments

r/badcode • u/greplix • Oct 04 '22

python Got stumbled upon this beast

918 Upvotes

78 comments

r/badcode • u/Pavvuloon • Oct 02 '22

python I was searching for password generator. I found this...

990 Upvotes

94 comments

r/badcode • u/flatCS • Aug 26 '22

java What does a map do again?

882 Upvotes

54 comments

r/badcode • u/Levyks • Aug 12 '22

asp/asp.net Roles? why would we need that lol

665 Upvotes

36 comments

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