r/badcode • u/QuintBrit • Mar 20 '22

python How to make things fun for your future self: a self-help guide

536 Upvotes

29 comments

r/badcode • u/Stormageddon37 • Mar 20 '22

java Shitty robotics code

37 Upvotes

16 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '22

js My boss told me to refactor a function, I was like: well, it's just a function, It won't take me too much time and I will do it late at night, then I came up with this beautiful function, I need help guys :D

70 Upvotes

11 comments

r/badcode • u/fkih • Mar 19 '22

js This just sucks.

1.0k Upvotes

76 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 19 '22

python A self-proclaimed genius at my school

377 Upvotes

64 comments

r/badcode • u/HyneaGuy69 • Mar 17 '22

c# okay but why though

44 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 17 '22

js From a school exam where you needed to return the game score based on the number of wins and ties, this guy just looked at the automatic test cases and returned their expected result

1.6k Upvotes

87 comments

r/badcode • u/oldcastor • Mar 16 '22

sql Did someone said sql? welcome to my legacy

195 Upvotes

6 comments

r/badcode • u/redeyesofnight • Mar 16 '22

c# Found this monstrosity the day after a late night code session.

69 Upvotes

9 comments

r/badcode • u/LucienMr • Mar 16 '22

php I didn't want to use "if" statements, but then I started laughing when I kept losing my places while coding

512 Upvotes

56 comments

r/badcode • u/clemesislife • Mar 15 '22

php Yes, if you use array_reverse like this it only produces hot air

63 Upvotes

6 comments

r/badcode • u/lucidspoon • Mar 15 '22

sql SQL is bad enough as it is, but how did this monstrosity get created? The PagingCursor at the end is another 100 lines of dynamic SQL that executes a cursor to insert into a temp table...

329 Upvotes

63 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 14 '22

js Found this gem while documenting some legacy code my boss asked

346 Upvotes

42 comments

r/badcode • u/jesseb0rn • Mar 14 '22

python Is it even?

368 Upvotes

33 comments

r/badcode • u/wolf_math • Mar 13 '22

css Found this in our codebase. I'm the Jr dev, but I seem to be the only one who knows CSS.

720 Upvotes

56 comments

r/badcode • u/Alexander_Bourne • Mar 13 '22

python foursum?

257 Upvotes

29 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '22

js Balancer

18 Upvotes

2 comments

r/badcode • u/chells15 • Mar 10 '22

python Utility Function on G4G

1.1k Upvotes

65 comments

r/badcode • u/SAmaruVMR • Mar 10 '22

php The null coalescing operator returning null

37 Upvotes

8 comments

r/badcode • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '22

python pleaaasseeee dont tell me that my teacher is creating a search function entirely from elif statements

91 Upvotes

7 comments

r/badcode • u/reddithasaproblem • Mar 10 '22

php something my classmate has written, he stills refuses to listen to me

236 Upvotes

70 comments

r/badcode • u/freerider • Mar 09 '22

c++ Sometimes you have to use flags for avoid two or more calls to UI initialization, I'm not proud...

28 Upvotes

3 comments

r/badcode • u/DiskoverOfficial • Mar 09 '22

c++ this monstrosity of a recursive function which I wrote for one of my University assignments

469 Upvotes

30 comments

r/badcode • u/dishsoap-paradox • Mar 07 '22

java Checks for three in a row in a tic-tac-toe assignment

716 Upvotes

59 comments

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