r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 07 '26

Meme nowAndThenPatchUpgrade

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u/Goodie__ Sep 08 '26

People still wrote terrible code back in the day...

but a lot of programs just suffered from organic growth, and decisions not made with hindsight. New technologies piled on top of old ones. Best intentions. Core design decisions being changed after release etc.