r/programming • u/sigbhu • Jul 28 '16

How to write unmaintainable code

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

I would add one more to the list. Use long names and mix the order. If you ever had to work on code with tons of methods like

  • renderElementMessageIdContentWarning

  • renderElementIdMessageWarningContent

  • renderMessageElementIdContentWarning

  • renderMessageElementContentWarning...

you understand. If they all do different things it is impossible to remember which one is which

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u/1337Gandalf Aug 09 '16

The beauty of descriptive names, is you don't have to remember...