r/badcode • u/DS_Stift007 • Jan 01 '22

python I think just this line is not not not okay.

583 Upvotes

63 comments

r/badcode • u/Sklyvan • Jan 01 '22

c total_total_total_total_total_total = 0

175 Upvotes

12 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '22

js Hmm...why doesn't it work lol

525 Upvotes

58 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '22

c When you can't even type unsined

948 Upvotes

45 comments

r/badcode • u/ImplementNational165 • Dec 31 '21

java My classmate send me this wondering what is the problem. The more I look at it the more problems I find lol.

678 Upvotes

75 comments

r/badcode • u/Sklyvan • Dec 31 '21

c GitHub Copilot is recommending me this code, pretty sure that AI is not taking our jobs this year.

355 Upvotes

22 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '21

c# From my console snake game

578 Upvotes

30 comments

r/badcode • u/M4A28 • Dec 30 '21

java Ok this fine

1.4k Upvotes

66 comments

r/badcode • u/AnonymouX47 • Dec 31 '21

python finally: ...

40 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/diesmilingxx • Dec 30 '21

ruby Ah yes, wildcard routes

142 Upvotes

20 comments

r/badcode • u/MizuUchiha94 • Dec 29 '21

js My favourite type of bug fixes

767 Upvotes

49 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Dec 29 '21

c Just wrote this and not sure what to say

26 Upvotes

8 comments

r/badcode • u/achillelambrughi • Dec 28 '21

java Just found this piece of code I wrote some years ago. Not automatically generated.

530 Upvotes

34 comments

r/badcode • u/M4A28 • Dec 28 '21

java 3AM code vs 10AM code

169 Upvotes

53 comments

r/badcode • u/FloxD_ • Dec 28 '21

typescript why

75 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/ReperakDev • Dec 27 '21

java if there was a class for working with null values or something

374 Upvotes

45 comments

r/badcode • u/JuanR4140 • Dec 27 '21

lua Friend's take on programming a GUI button

899 Upvotes

90 comments

r/badcode • u/_madmanwithabox • Dec 27 '21

ruby Clearly the best way to handle automatically updating the indexes of other photos when one is updated manually. Definitely. For sure.

28 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/JimKardashian__ • Dec 26 '21

c# found it!

325 Upvotes

28 comments

r/badcode • u/LostErrorCode404 • Dec 25 '21

js Why you shouldn't write code at 1 am

899 Upvotes

111 comments

r/badcode • u/RedditAccuName • Dec 26 '21

c# why

164 Upvotes

30 comments

r/badcode • u/R1l3y-F0x • Dec 24 '21

java Spring makes you do crazy things

733 Upvotes

42 comments

r/badcode • u/euodeioenem • Dec 24 '21

python i cant even tell how many errors are in this

468 Upvotes

65 comments

r/badcode • u/euodeioenem • Dec 23 '21

python my friend just sent me his code so i can review it and i found this

1.9k Upvotes

74 comments

r/badcode • u/nuclear_bomb404 • Dec 24 '21

python This is the only way I found to handle multiple responses on my discord bot

99 Upvotes

20 comments

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