Sunday, 18 November 2018

What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work? | Hacker News

quote [ The second-system effect (also known as second-system syndrome) is the tendency of small, elegant, and successful systems, to be succeeded by over-engineered, bloated systems, due to inflated expectations and overconfidence. ]

Holy mother … read these for instant headaches. The second-system effect means that over time, good code wears off, being continually replaced by bad code – that no programmer dares to touch anymore.

This complements pieces like What Is Code? and Programming Sucks. Thumb via Prelinger Archive.

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    satanspenis666 said @ 2:30am GMT on 19th November
    I only program in power point....

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    satanspenis666 said @ 2:31am GMT on 19th November
    I only program in power point....
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    satanspenis666 said @ 2:30am GMT on 19th November [Score:2 Funsightful]
    I only program in power point....
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