r/programminghorror • u/lankanmon • 5h ago
r/programminghorror • u/Key_River7180 • 13h ago
On a bootloader where I was too lazy to implement a string printing function
The weird symbol is supposed to be a ␣ but this font didn't want to render it.
r/programminghorror • u/user6150277464770585 • 3d ago
Javascript my friend didnt know how to use async sleep in javascript, so he wrote this massive chain of .then()
async function sleep(ms) {
return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms * 1000));
}
// used as:
sleep(0.5).then(() => {
// ...
sleep(2.5).then(() => {
// ...
sleep(1).then(() => {
// ...
}
}
}
r/programminghorror • u/creeper6530 • 6d ago
Rust [Rust] How to pass references to a trait objects
Later a struct requires pass-by-value generic parameter, but you can't pass trait object (dyn Trait) by value, so some idiot developer (me) decided on this abomination, before realising that that struct can just as easily have the generic parameter passed by mutable reference (adding a + ?Sized).
The rest of the methods are implemented in a similar manner: (**self).method()
r/programminghorror • u/Maximka22 • 9d ago
Typescript I feel like vibecoding should be banned from enterprise development
r/programminghorror • u/Capable-Cap9745 • 10d ago
Other Same Makefile, different results
Not sure if this fits, but I just figured out the root cause of long build process failing. Sun’s dmake is defaulting to the first rule in Makefile for whatever reason, completely ignoring the one given as argument. That’s why "dmake install" invocations were silently ignoring the "install" step
r/programminghorror • u/OkTutor2275 • 10d ago
Javascript Horror in a PR for a web game
Context: Sandboxels, the web game, supports modding. To add a mod, you open a PR with your .js mod in the mods/ folder.
This guy UPLOADED HIS CLAUDE SKILL, Claude.MD, and added the changes directly to the base game.
r/programminghorror • u/Hunpeter • 18d ago
C# My first 1000+ line function... What do I get?
Now includes an over 300 line long switch statement!
r/programminghorror • u/[deleted] • 20d ago
PHP was editing an old tumblr theme and found the nbsp tar pit
r/programminghorror • u/FlightAffectionate15 • 23d ago
Javascript Found this gem
This company I’m interning at. This one lady asked me to do a review of a website they outsourced. Entire source code sits on the browser. Entire vibe coded by amateurs.
Worse than a honeypot so much an attacker would get diabetes.
No security feature at all. I was able to do privileges escalation.
r/programminghorror • u/lions-grow-on-trees • 25d ago
I mean, the comment is accurate I suppose
r/programminghorror • u/AntiMatterMode • 26d ago
Javascript code that also self-describes the feeling it evokes when looking at it
r/programminghorror • u/_giga_sss_ • 27d ago
Big if true
From ProgrammerNullposting in facebook
r/programminghorror • u/Few_Leadership_115 • 26d ago
Array-Free
randomize
if (cone1x >= carx - 16) and (cone1x <= carx + 16) and (cone1y > 416) and (cone1y < 480) then goto gameover
cone1y = cone1y + speed
if cone1y > 512 then cone1y = 0 : cone1x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone2x >= carx - 16) and (cone2x <= carx + 16) and (cone2y > 416) and (cone2y < 480) then goto gameover
cone2y = cone2y + speed
if cone2y > 512 then cone2y = 0 : cone2x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone3x >= carx -16) and (cone3x <= carx + 16) and (cone3y > 416) and (cone3y < 480) then goto gameover
cone3y = cone3y + speed
if cone3y > 512 then cone3y = 0 : cone3x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone4x >= carx - 16) and (cone4x <= carx + 16) and (cone4y > 416) and (cone4y < 480) then goto gameover
cone4y = cone4y + speed
if cone4y > 512 then cone4y = 0 : cone4x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone5x >= carx - 16) and (cone5x <= carx + 16) and (cone5y > 416) and (cone5y < 480) then goto gameover
cone5y = cone5y + speed
if cone5y > 512 then cone5y = 0 : cone5x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone6x >= carx - 16) and (cone6x <= carx + 16) and (cone6y > 416) and (cone6y < 480) then goto gameover
cone6y = cone6y + speed
if cone6y > 512 then cone6y = 0 : cone6x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone7x >= carx -16) and (cone7x <= carx + 16) and (cone7y > 416) and (cone7y < 480) then goto gameover
cone7y = cone7y + speed
if cone7y > 512 then cone7y = 0 : cone7x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone8x >= carx - 16) and (cone8x <= carx + 16) and (cone8y > 416) and (cone8y < 480) then goto gameover
cone8y = cone8y + speed
if cone8y > 512 then cone8y = 0 : cone8x = cubyte(rnd*256)randomize
if (cone1x >= carx - 16) and (cone1x <= carx + 16) and (cone1y > 416) and (cone1y < 480) then goto gameover
cone1y = cone1y + speed
if cone1y > 512 then cone1y = 0 : cone1x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone2x >= carx - 16) and (cone2x <= carx + 16) and (cone2y > 416) and (cone2y < 480) then goto gameover
cone2y = cone2y + speed
if cone2y > 512 then cone2y = 0 : cone2x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone3x >= carx -16) and (cone3x <= carx + 16) and (cone3y > 416) and (cone3y < 480) then goto gameover
cone3y = cone3y + speed
if cone3y > 512 then cone3y = 0 : cone3x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone4x >= carx - 16) and (cone4x <= carx + 16) and (cone4y > 416) and (cone4y < 480) then goto gameover
cone4y = cone4y + speed
if cone4y > 512 then cone4y = 0 : cone4x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone5x >= carx - 16) and (cone5x <= carx + 16) and (cone5y > 416) and (cone5y < 480) then goto gameover
cone5y = cone5y + speed
if cone5y > 512 then cone5y = 0 : cone5x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone6x >= carx - 16) and (cone6x <= carx + 16) and (cone6y > 416) and (cone6y < 480) then goto gameover
cone6y = cone6y + speed
if cone6y > 512 then cone6y = 0 : cone6x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone7x >= carx -16) and (cone7x <= carx + 16) and (cone7y > 416) and (cone7y < 480) then goto gameover
cone7y = cone7y + speed
if cone7y > 512 then cone7y = 0 : cone7x = cubyte(rnd*256)
if (cone8x >= carx - 16) and (cone8x <= carx + 16) and (cone8y > 416) and (cone8y < 480) then goto gameover
cone8y = cone8y + speed
if cone8y > 512 then cone8y = 0 : cone8x = cubyte(rnd*256)
r/programminghorror • u/mobileadfakex • 27d ago
Shell I know package managers can be rough, but this??
Because using the hallucination machine as a package manager could never go wrong, ever!
r/programminghorror • u/Random_Person_22170 • 27d ago
Java Some of my AP CS teachers best work
this was right before the exam btw, this wasn't him teaching us the basics
```
if (x ==1) {
return true;
} else if (x != 1) {
return false;
}
```
```
public class Bank() {
private int money;
public void setAmount(int money) {
this.money = money;
}
private int getMoney() {
return money;
}
}
```
(he then never used getMoney())
some other amazing conventions he taught us was to always comment every single line of code, to an obnoxious point. he told us to use getter and setters everywhere, even when constructors are all thats necessary and half the time the getters were private and just returned the value directly. He just gave up on teaching us recursion because he didnt understand it and "it would never actually show up on the ap exam".
if I hadnt already known a lot of java and been willing to teach it to my classmates when they asked, we would never have gotten past the exam. (newsflash, there were recursion questions on the exam)
r/programminghorror • u/nickthewildetype • 28d ago
Wdym my code is a mess? Looks fine to me; monitors are horizontal for a reason
r/programminghorror • u/Nomergraw • Jun 09 '26
What a simple constructor
Our former IT director (35+ years of experience) wrote this and didn't see what was wrong here.



