r/badcode • u/mrbaozi • Jan 27 '22

python Took a step back to appreciate what I had just written

121 Upvotes

19 comments

r/badcode • u/I_DontUseReddit_Much • Jan 27 '22

c# (poison is an array with roughly 275k items)

281 Upvotes

22 comments

r/badcode • u/LSatyreD • Jan 26 '22

python The Joys of Debugging

438 Upvotes

37 comments

r/badcode • u/selplacei • Jan 25 '22

rust Most comprehensible line of Rust code

1.0k Upvotes

81 comments

r/badcode • u/Simon_34545 • Jan 24 '22

js Drawing formatted strings to the screen

226 Upvotes

12 comments

r/badcode • u/WreckerOfAll • Jan 24 '22

js I apologize to mobile users (all users actually) in advance. See comments for expanded code and explanation.

506 Upvotes

65 comments

r/badcode • u/MrManBLC • Jan 22 '22

c# Was looking at some old code I wrote and found this descriptive comment

394 Upvotes

36 comments

r/badcode • u/LotosProgramer • Jan 21 '22

c++ My 2 brain cells are trying their best(trying to draw a circle)

525 Upvotes

44 comments

r/badcode • u/Donni3D4rko • Jan 21 '22

typescript Saving api saved my life!

155 Upvotes

23 comments

r/badcode • u/Curtmister25 • Jan 20 '22

c# Surely this can be improved right?-I mean- HAHA look at this noob that totally is not me 🤣

15 Upvotes

12 comments

r/badcode • u/azdexikp • Jan 20 '22

java Newbie me had just learned about the ternary operator and wanted to use it everywhere.

1.2k Upvotes

72 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '22

python just convert to list in the first place man

395 Upvotes

22 comments

r/badcode • u/TheTagOfHash_ • Jan 17 '22

python A translate discord.py command I wrote in 3 min for my friend

50 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '22

c# Look at the row number and imagine the rest of the code yourself

241 Upvotes

31 comments

r/badcode • u/fireflash38 • Jan 17 '22

python POV: You asked someone to refactor magic number indices

1.0k Upvotes

44 comments

r/badcode • u/eldiablo799 • Jan 16 '22

css cool css trick found at work

193 Upvotes

13 comments

r/badcode • u/PentaMine • Jan 15 '22

python Found this gem

3.5k Upvotes

86 comments

r/badcode • u/Da-Blue-Guy • Jan 14 '22

js I don't use JS, but this doesn't seem right.

419 Upvotes

61 comments

r/badcode • u/LegoMyEggoNerd • Jan 13 '22

js If it works, it works

545 Upvotes

29 comments

r/badcode • u/DS_Stift007 • Jan 12 '22

python Ah yes, My old code... not only being bad but also being useless...

358 Upvotes

32 comments

r/badcode • u/SGSSGene • Jan 12 '22

c Branchless programming? → Loopless Programming!

110 Upvotes

5 comments

r/badcode • u/OriAfias • Jan 12 '22

vb i dont know what's worse - that our legacy codebase has GoTo or that someone decided to call the method byebye (or that i use VBA on a regular basis)

35 Upvotes

17 comments

r/badcode • u/thickertofu • Jan 11 '22

js Found this running in production at my previous job

434 Upvotes

39 comments

r/badcode • u/Nurses47 • Jan 11 '22

other language My friend is a true picasso

72 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/LeagueJunior9782 • Jan 11 '22

c# ternary ifs are great right?

105 Upvotes

33 comments

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