I’ve written those same comments so many times over the years.
We all pretend our code doesn’t stink, but show me a developer who’s never left a a turd in a codebase, and I’ll show you someone who’s never been under a deadline.
############################### ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE BE WARNED # THIS ISN'T MY FAULT, BUT $TOOL ONLY # ALLOWS THIS DIRTY WORKAROUND## DO NOT CHANGE OR REFACTOR# ANYTHING.# # IF YOU NEED TO TOUCH THIS CODE# INCREMENT THIS COUNTER AS A# WARNING FOR THE NEXT POOR FUCK# # TOTAL HOURS WASTED DEBUGGING# 15# TOTAL HOURS WASTED REFACTORING# 8# SUCCESSFUL CHANGES# 0##############################
I think back of what I left behind. And I feel bad.
But then I feel better because I remember the reason I left was that we outgrew our processes and codebase and we desperately needed a restructure but i got no support in doing so.
I bitched for years that it was a continuity risk and a performance nightmare. But no. “Deliver more features. Add more junk for use cases that brought us no business value.” Never consider governance or security. Never consider best practices. Just more.
I knew eventually something bad would happen and I would be thrown under the bus. So I split. It was a good decision.
I’ve written those same comments so many times over the years.
We all pretend our code doesn’t stink, but show me a developer who’s never left a a turd in a codebase, and I’ll show you someone who’s never been under a deadline.
############################## # ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE BE WARNED # THIS ISN'T MY FAULT, BUT $TOOL ONLY # ALLOWS THIS DIRTY WORKAROUND # # DO NOT CHANGE OR REFACTOR # ANYTHING. # # IF YOU NEED TO TOUCH THIS CODE # INCREMENT THIS COUNTER AS A # WARNING FOR THE NEXT POOR FUCK # # TOTAL HOURS WASTED DEBUGGING # 15 # TOTAL HOURS WASTED REFACTORING # 8 # SUCCESSFUL CHANGES # 0 ##############################Oh god this turned into a vent session
I think back of what I left behind. And I feel bad.
But then I feel better because I remember the reason I left was that we outgrew our processes and codebase and we desperately needed a restructure but i got no support in doing so.
I bitched for years that it was a continuity risk and a performance nightmare. But no. “Deliver more features. Add more junk for use cases that brought us no business value.” Never consider governance or security. Never consider best practices. Just more.
I knew eventually something bad would happen and I would be thrown under the bus. So I split. It was a good decision.
But yeah. Seone inherited a lot turd code
For myself… Maybe for 5 solid minutes lol