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How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2015)

story by theanonymousone · 2026-07-17 · 2 comments

Add to that https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by mckn1ght · 2024-10-22 · in Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) v4.0 is out [pdf]

Not sure if it has been posted yet, but yes: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by rnts08 · 2024-02-27 · in Shittier: Code formatting tool that makes your code look terrible

…such adversary attacks it should incorporate the teachings of “How To Write Unmaintainable Code” ( https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code )

comment by Someone · 2024-02-27 · in Shittier: Code formatting tool that makes your code look terrible

…that garbage. Fortunately masters in this art have codified it's techniques in this classic tome: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by corethree · 2023-11-10 · in Terminating an employee with a bus factor of 1

Many useful lessons can be learned on what not to do: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by wsc981 · 2023-09-07 · in Every aspiring writer should read terrible books (2022) [video]

…Tom Scott videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocwRvLhDf8 * How to Write Unmaintainable Code: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by ChickenNugger · 2023-02-10 · in Show HN: Spaghettify – A VSCode Extension to make your code worse with AI

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How to write unmantainable code (2015)

story by diegolo · 2022-12-24 · 81 comments

…finest. Evil doublespeak: say one thing, and it actually is another. Snuck in. Fantastic. Related: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by AtlasBarfed · 2022-02-21 · in I wrote the least-C C program I could

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/blob/master/...

comment by xkcd-sucks · 2022-01-26 · in Prefer to change the code rather than write a workaround

…right needed abstractions. Related: http://number-none.com/blow/blog/programming/2014/09/26/carm... https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by albertzeyer · 2021-08-26 · in Fixing under-engineered code vs. fixing over-engineered code

I'm reminded of the brilliant How To Write Unmaintainable Code . https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by MaxBarraclough · 2021-04-25 · in Why is the 0 next to 9, not next to 1?

…just unhelpful, it was outright misleading. It's one way to achieve job security for life though: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by wsc981 · 2021-04-18 · in How Developers Choose Names

…criticism, I recommend How to Criticize with Kindness , by the philosopher Daniel Dennett. [1] [0] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code [1] https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapo...

comment by MaxBarraclough · 2021-03-29 · in How to Criticize Computer Scientists (2001)

…value others don't understand won't help either. Point 4 is a joke. It is better developed here: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code . Your time is better spent on the other 3 areas.

comment by mavelikara · 2021-03-14 · in Ask HN: Is there a book that teaches you dark patterns of office politics?

…want them anywhere close. [1] https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpris... [2] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code (and 20 others)

comment by stiray · 2021-02-22 · in Go is not an easy language

…to have been largely based on this classic article, which I personally found more humorous to read: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code?fbclid=IwAR1...

comment by wsc981 · 2020-12-07 · in A Modern JavaScript Tutorial

int array[] = {...} 1[array] == array[1] Now add in some poorly named variables for some real fun https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code#cs-eccentric...

comment by 0x6862 · 2020-09-15 · in Everything you need to know about pointers in C (2010)

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2003)

story by guavaNinja · 2020-08-30 · 85 comments

…for anything cloning or duplicating related for example.” That seems almost straight out of https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code (which has good anti-hints on naming) If you can’t resist the urge to be a bit playful, use xerox…

comment by Someone · 2020-04-06 · in Ask HN: How to become good at naming things in code?

…//github.com/WICG/feature-policy/issues/150 [1] https://github.com/NARKOZ/hacker-scripts/pull/152 [2] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/pull/20 [3] https://github.com/braydie/HowToBeAProgrammer/issues/68 [4]…

comment by Nadya · 2018-09-12 · in LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

I'd say just double down and have a job for life, https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by FundThrowaway · 2018-08-23 · in Ask HN: Codebase at my work is a complete mess, what should I do?

…[4] / [5] * extended ascii code [6] / [7] [1] https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html [2] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code#single-lette... [3] https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#variabl... [4]…

comment by maerF0x0 · 2018-08-17 · in How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2017)

Don't bother with all that documentation, get straight into the Stackoverflow example: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code#a-real-life-...

comment by gerdesj · 2018-08-17 · in How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2017)

…be presented in a more unmaintainable way. Edit, apparently repo owner already checked with author: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/issues/3 :+1:

comment by retSava · 2018-08-17 · in How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2017)

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2017)

story by migueldemoura · 2018-08-17 · 164 comments

Reminds me of How to write unmaintainable code [1]. [1] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by strkek · 2018-02-09 · in Everyone can write bad code

Classic essay on unmaintainable-code. https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by ransom1538 · 2017-07-25 · in Ask HN: What books had the greatest effect on how you structure your code?

…tps://github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/issues/1569 https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/pull/3507 https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/pull/20 https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive/pull/340…

comment by waterphone · 2016-09-05 · in Inclusivity Is a Joke

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code

story by boogdan · 2016-08-18 · 0 comments

The repository author appears to (or at least claims to) have permission from the original author: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/issues/3

comment by agency · 2016-07-29 · in How to Write Unmaintainable Code

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code

story by tdaltonc · 2016-07-29 · 5 comments

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Unmaintainable-code

story by kiyanwang · 2016-07-29 · 0 comments

…rude to instantly jump to the conclusion that he didn't have permission, but good question to ask): https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code/issues/3

comment by detaro · 2016-07-26 · in How to Write Unmaintainable Code

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How to Write Unmaintainable Code

story by adgasf · 2016-07-26 · 27 comments

Fortunately, someone already wrote the corresponding guide for software developers: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

comment by rcthompson · 2016-05-16 · in Updating classic workplace sabotage techniques

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Ensure a job for life ;-)

story by andreareginato · 2016-03-22 · 1 comment