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The Six Stages of Code Grief (suppo.fi)

submitted 1 day ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 94 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Even worse than there being no comments: the code is extensively commented, but its function has drifted from what the comments describe to the point where they are actively misleading.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The good old "signal left when switching to right lane."

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I mean sometimes you gotta trick the compiler to get a leg up in runtime.