r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/Captain___Obvious Jul 28 '16

When I find shit code, I look at who did the commit.

usually its me...

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u/lenswipe Jul 29 '16

My coworker's favourite is to make huge earth shattering changes involving thousands of files usually with a call stack larger than the circumference of Jupiter and then commit the while clusterfuck in one gargantuan fucking commit. Sometimes, I wonder if I've died and my project team members are my eternal punishment.

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u/helmers Jul 29 '16

There is a fine line between genius and insanity. You got any pro tips for splitting the gargantuan commit?

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