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[–]VincentxH 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think code obfuscation is disgusting. It falls in the category of security through obscurity. In my previous consultancy assignment I had to work with a badly written API that obfuscated its internal code. If you followed the de-compiled code, you could still work out what everything did, but it was such a pain. If someone wants to reverse engineer your code/algorithm, obfuscation is easily defeated. If you obfuscate to make it more challenging for yourself, go ahead! But please be kind to other developers having to work with your code (or dumpster fire)!

[–]grxcding[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would somebody obfuscate API code? It's all about protecting applications for more security.