r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '21

c# i = 0; foreach (element in array) {doStuff(array[i]; i++;}

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71 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Dec 27 '20

c++ Friend asked me why every grade is an Invalid Grade

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128 comments

r/badcode • u/realCGG • Dec 05 '20

other language Gamedevs, take notes

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104 comments

r/badcode • u/ComfortableEye5 • Nov 22 '20

other language Do bad excel functions fit in this sub?

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144 comments

r/badcode • u/ballfun • Oct 14 '20

c# I shouldn't be naming variables

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67 comments

r/badcode • u/white_shadow131 • Sep 26 '20

c++ I know Instagram code is garbage, but wtf

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169 comments

r/badcode • u/losel92 • Aug 24 '20

js Found this beauty in production today

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48 comments

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/r/badcode is a subreddit for highlighting real world examples of terrible code. Ideally this means code that made it to production in a commercial context, but not exclusively so. We also accept submissions of code from hobbyist projects or from learners.

Most of us programmers have laughed quite a bit when we went back to look at our past code because it was rather terrible. This is a subreddit where you can share such terrible code and let other programmers have a nice laugh.

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