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[–] Repelle@lemmy.world 91 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I always feel like my code is the best in personal projects when I don’t need to conform to whatever style and architecture has been decided on by history and committee.

[–] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 65 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For me it's always, "this is hacky as shit, but it works, and nobody will ever see it but me."

[–] Almrond@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

My most arcane pieces of code (abusing null references to make the garbage collector handle object deletion kind of cursed) are usually posted publicly somewhere... If it works and all that.

[–] ignism@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Was gonna say, 1st and 2nd should be switched