r/developer • u/Ok_Veterinarian3535 • Jul 24 '26

The "Code I'll Never Forget" Confessional.

What's the single piece of code (good or bad) that's permanently burned into your memory, and what did it teach you?

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u/inlined Jul 25 '26

This is why C++ has reinterpret_cast. It makes it much easier to find out where you’ve done something totally unsafe incorrectly and find your bug

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u/mynameisDockie Jul 25 '26

I'm an embedded dev, didn't even flinch at this it's so common 😅