Curious Perversions in Information Technology
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CodeSOD: A Matter of Understanding

For years, Victoria had a co-worker who "programmed by Google Search"; they didn't understand how anything worked, they simply plugged their problem into Google search and then copy/pasted and edited until they got code that worked. For this developer, I'm sure ChatGPT has been a godsend, but this code predates its wide use. It's pure "Googlesauce"....

Mon Nov 4, 2024 14:24
Error'd: Alternative Maths

"Check out Visual Studio optimizing their rating system to only include the ratings used," shared Fiorenzo R. Imagine the performance gain!   "This sounds about right," says Colin A.   "Wow! Must snap up some sweet Anker kit with this amazing offer; but less than four days to go!" exclaims Dave L., who then goes on to explain...

Fri Nov 1, 2024 14:28
CodeSOD: All the Rest Have 31

Horror movies, as of late, have gone to great lengths to solve the key obstacle to horror movies- cell phones. When we live in a world where help is a phone call away, it's hard to imagine the characters not doing that. So screenwriters put them in situations where this is impossible: in Midsommar they isolate them in rural Sweden, in Get Out calling...

Thu Oct 31, 2024 14:24
CodeSOD: A Base Nature

Once again, we take a look at the traditional "if (boolean) return true; else return false;" pattern. But today's, from RJ, offers us a bonus twist. public override bool IsValid { get { if (!base.IsValid) return false; return true; } } As promised, this is a useless conditional. return base.IsValid would do...

Wed Oct 30, 2024 13:07
Representative Line: On the Log, Forever

Jon recently started a new project. When setting up his dev environment, one of his peers told him, "You can disable verbose logging by setting DEBUG_LOG=false in your config file." Well, when Jon did that, the verbose logging remained on. When he asked his peers, they were all surprised to see that the flag wasn't turning off debug logging. "Hunh,...

Tue Oct 29, 2024 15:21
CodeSOD: Trophy Bug Hunting

Quality control is an important business function for any company. When your company is shipping devices with safety concerns, it's even more important. In some industries, a quality control failure is bound to be national headlines. When the quality control software tool stopped working, everyone panicked. At which point, GRH stepped in. Now, we've...

Mon Oct 28, 2024 14:35

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