AdamMYoung

5y

I've taken over a piece of software that I can only assume the lead was somebody with zero development experience or bluffed their way into the company. Here's an example of real, production code that I get to deal with on a daily basis...

rant

fml

js

vscode

wtf

hell

react

javascript

Ranter

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19

alexbrooklyn

14396

5y

fail is false

So if fail is always false

Is he fired? Is he still alive? DID YOU MAKE HIM BLEED?
2

AdamMYoung

37

5y

@alexbrooklyn Thankfully he doesn't work here anymore, he left in a hurry unsurprisingly!
2

PsCustomObject

321

5y

Hmmm this must be the same person who wrote the code I am refactoring these days (have an extensive rant with plenty of samples)...

F man.. I feel your pain!
0

TheDevTony

13

5y

That’s called job security aha no one else wants to deal with it
2

Root

82557

5y

sudo shred -zfu -n32 that/mess/*
2

Ghunky

2

5y

More like const fail = true
1

Demolishun

34787

5y

Job security for security folks?
0

-ANGRY-STUDENT-

13900

5y

He likes to obfuscate the company's codebase as it seems lol
3

alexbrooklyn

14396

5y

Wait is this react mixed with jquery or something ?
1

mdude72

7

5y

I didn't know var still existed
1

AdamMYoung

37

5y

@alexbrooklyn Exactly, it makes me shudder
1

confusionsays

319

5y

@drewbie you see how temporary solutions stick around until there's someone new ranting about it?
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drewbie

809

5y

@confusionsays I see what you're saying.
1

Wombat

10582

5y

jQuery 🤢🤢🤢
1

arcadesdude

6515

5y

https://meta.stackoverflow.com/ques...

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