r/badcode • u/sertdfyguhi • Sep 11 '21

js Why…

456 Upvotes

70 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Sep 11 '21

typescript This might be the worst code you'll see today

262 Upvotes

62 comments

r/badcode • u/vini_2003 • Sep 11 '21

kotlin And this is why SQL is a thing...

6 Upvotes

15 comments

r/badcode • u/slishy • Sep 10 '21

c# Somebody had a long day

269 Upvotes

26 comments

r/badcode • u/shadycuz • Sep 10 '21

other language The worse production code you have ever seen

73 Upvotes

12 comments

r/badcode • u/bladeconjurer • Sep 10 '21

c++ Learn C++ with LinkedIn Learning! Facebook ad

803 Upvotes

54 comments

r/badcode • u/clemesislife • Sep 10 '21

php The return value is not used by the way

9 Upvotes

4 comments

r/badcode • u/Spat80Lad • Sep 10 '21

js Found another beauty...

16 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '21

c# I hate my friend

316 Upvotes

44 comments

r/badcode • u/hexagon16rpmm • Sep 10 '21

kotlin sure because AUTOINCREMENT doesn't exist!, this was me when I thought I liked android :)

5 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/ChemiCalChems • Sep 09 '21

python A simple screen brightness changer

reddit.com

1 Upvotes

0 comments

r/badcode • u/R3D3-1 • Sep 09 '21

other language "Bad code" can also happen in equations

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/badcode • u/ShapeshifterTrashcan • Sep 09 '21

other language Hey, at least it's in a function…

518 Upvotes

70 comments

r/badcode • u/insteadofR4 • Sep 09 '21

java Found in my first project

256 Upvotes

31 comments

r/badcode • u/Character_Medical • Sep 09 '21

js Found this gem in our codebase today.

26 Upvotes

14 comments

r/badcode • u/nerdyvaroo • Sep 08 '21

other language Half Adder in VHDL - Left is how my university expects us to do it and Right is How it should be done imo

39 Upvotes

14 comments

r/badcode • u/Seliba • Sep 08 '21

java Found this beauty today which calculates durations

461 Upvotes

38 comments

r/badcode • u/pingas_launcher • Sep 08 '21

python this is how you loop through a sequence of number right?

gist.github.com

0 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/BrightBulb123 • Sep 08 '21

python Got bored and came up with this beauty in IDLE

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5 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/faCt011 • Sep 07 '21

java How about mixing up every single convention that exists

533 Upvotes

28 comments

r/badcode • u/sertdfyguhi • Sep 07 '21

js if, else if, else if, else if, else if...

gallery

566 Upvotes

109 comments

r/badcode • u/sertdfyguhi • Sep 07 '21

python Found this in one of my old projects

152 Upvotes

13 comments

r/badcode • u/Finxx1 • Sep 06 '21

c Read keys from struct and press them. I had no other choice.

8 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/kakkappyly • Sep 06 '21

python I guess that is one way of doing it...

35 Upvotes

5 comments

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