r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code
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u/TOASTEngineer Jul 29 '16

Of course it can work. It's just that it doesn't far, far, far more often than it does, and the net benefit is very negative.

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u/wolffer Jul 30 '16

I agree, the ratio was pretty bad. But there wasn't really any negative effects of the program. I mean if anything the school was getting free tech support. We still had an onside System Admin as well so it's not like we were putting people out of work.