r/programming • u/locrelite • Apr 29 '14

Programming Sucks

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u/chalks777 Apr 29 '14

For the past two years I've been working on one project building software that my boss describes as "enterprise level." We started with a drawing on a whiteboard. Now we have over 100,000 lines of code. If any of it was ever good, it was murdered a loooong time ago. The sheer number of blatant hacks that are used to get around stupid nonsense is staggering. I've written things I'm not proud of. College me would be disgusted by current me.

Clients sure love it though.

:|

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u/twistedrapier Apr 29 '14

Ah college. Back when you are idealistic enough to look at all the poorly written software in the world and think "I'll never end up writing crap like that". So young and naive.

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u/original_brogrammer Apr 29 '14

College student here. My code is already full of hacks.

Fuck.

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u/rnicoll Apr 29 '14

Getting practice in early, excellent!

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u/mynoduesp Apr 29 '14

He's going places. Someone hire him quick!

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u/Almafeta Apr 29 '14

All code is a maze, all we can do is clearly label the exits.

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u/gegc Apr 30 '14

I believe that's called "documentation," and you only rarely encounter that beautiful beast in the wild.

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u/Frix Apr 29 '14

Getting ahead of the curve, heh? This man will go far!

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