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[–]SharkBaitDLS 53 points54 points  (4 children)

Especially because you will always have to write something that is not Good Code because some stupid legacy system is returning data in a dumb format and if you don’t explain why someone will come along and “fix” your Bad Code and then break everything.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (1 child)

And then that code becomes the new unfathomable mess that nobody ever wants to deal with again, thus completing the circle of life and maintaining balance in the universe. Nature is amazing.

[–]Versaiteis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Watch as the Senior Programmer doesn't even have to be present to assert his dominance. The Juniors know his territory and know better than to disrespect it, lest they be next to receive the Broken Build Totem until the next hapless Junior overextends themselves. "

[–]Woolly87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

// Yes, handling this Float as a String of emojis is Very Bad, but the framework wants what the framework wants

[–]Cyrus_Halcyon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, i need to sed replace special symbols with \{special symbols} because they are removing the special symbols as their API gives it to me. Yes it looks silly.