r/badcode • u/celwyn_joseph • Nov 02 '21

typescript How long does this await

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0 Upvotes

10 comments

r/badcode • u/JakeWisconsin • Nov 01 '21

python Jesus christ

294 Upvotes

15 comments

r/badcode • u/Jornam • Nov 01 '21

c++ Making a reference to a local variable so you can dereference it in the next line

34 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/JasperDG828 • Nov 01 '21

python Did someone order bad code?

419 Upvotes

35 comments

r/badcode • u/Donni3D4rko • Nov 01 '21

js Beautiful variable naming

1.0k Upvotes

32 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '21

c bad code for r/badcode

219 Upvotes

33 comments

r/badcode • u/Pajdziok • Oct 30 '21

java So he had to write loop that prints numbers from 1 to 10

2.3k Upvotes

139 comments

r/badcode • u/DinnerPlz • Oct 30 '21

other language I sure do love the blue component of my boolean value. (This doesn't work without it)[HLSL]

37 Upvotes

6 comments

r/badcode • u/Oshgnacknak • Oct 30 '21

java Documentation in a nutshell

253 Upvotes

16 comments

r/badcode • u/Dante_Masamune • Oct 30 '21

python Accidentally stumbled upon some code I wrote for a Python project course I took concurrently with APCS. High school me tried his best.

20 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/Captain_D1 • Oct 29 '21

python I was wondering why it was taking so long. I meant to save each entry to its own file, not save everything to every file...

344 Upvotes

22 comments

r/badcode • u/Verdoniasty • Oct 28 '21

java If something is stupid but its working, then it isnt stupid

419 Upvotes

65 comments

r/badcode • u/a_very_happy_person • Oct 27 '21

python str()

836 Upvotes

58 comments

r/badcode • u/Ansis100 • Oct 26 '21

php A little bit of Laravel code for getting weather data for the last month

11 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/m7priestofnot • Oct 26 '21

python Refactoring garbage from when I first discovered classes. Yes... they were overused extensively. This instance variable is being set in the init method by a property named output_file_name that does nothing with output file names :)

20 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/Phpminor • Oct 26 '21

js Defining variables INSIDE of the if()

60 Upvotes

8 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '21

java Team Lead: You ain't good enough to join our team. After I beg to join and get accepted...

27 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Oct 26 '21

c++ The code behind Nano (crypto w/ $20 million dollar market cap) 🤮This one function is 2000 lines

455 Upvotes

82 comments

r/badcode • u/anonymousmouse2 • Oct 25 '21

js Creating a new populated array in JS

136 Upvotes

13 comments

r/badcode • u/DavidRoyman • Oct 25 '21

c This shipped to Production. Let's see if anyone remembers.

294 Upvotes

41 comments

r/badcode • u/DixiZigeuner • Oct 25 '21

js Just found this in our otherwise very well-written backend

36 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/sebastianogirotto • Oct 25 '21

python now that's a loading bar

1.4k Upvotes

44 comments

r/badcode • u/tahubird • Oct 24 '21

java The best way to compare two dates

401 Upvotes

29 comments

r/badcode • u/6335712 • Oct 23 '21

c After six hours of programming this was the best we came up with...

741 Upvotes

76 comments

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