senior dev told me the code has to be future proof.. how am i doing?Mar 7 ⋅ lordershocker ⋅ r/programminghorror
I made a script that randomly logs out my annoying colleague every hour.Jan 2025 ⋅ Wwwwwwwwat ⋅ r/programminghorror
Someone told me C is faster, did I do it right? (Im a python dev btw)Aug 2025 ⋅ Independent_Cut254 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #Im-a-python-dev-btw
When I was 12, I thought my code looked cooler with cryptic variable names and minimal spacing. The entire project looks like this.Dec 2025 ⋅ Nak3dMoleRat ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #12
Thank you, JavaScript, for forcing me to include this statement in my code.Mar 4 ⋅ kfreed9001 ⋅ r/programminghorror
I spent 30 minutes today trying to figure out why my css wasn't working. Time to get some sleep.Dec 2025 ⋅ Random_Meme_Guy_ ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #30
In January 2026, archive.today added code into its website in order to perform a distributed denial-of-service attack against a blog.Feb 21 ⋅ MurkyWar2756 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #2026
When I was 11 years old, I didn't know about arrays and objects in JavaScript, but really wanted to make a game. So I invented my own data structures!Nov 2025 ⋅ Nak3dMoleRat ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #11
My friend majoring in mathematics wrote this code and made a boast of itSep 2024 ⋅ h4nu_ ⋅ r/programminghorror
Remember that old area 51 roblox map? This is the code that opens the doorsFeb 2025 ⋅ DogeAnimator75 ⋅ r/programminghorror
In 2016, one man disrupted the operations of several big tech companies for two hours simply by deleting 11 lines of code.Aug 2025 ⋅ ansolo00 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #2016 #11
Watching PirateSoftware code with his 20 years of gaming industry experience on stream explains why HeartBound has been in Early Access for 10 yearsJun 2025 ⋅ InappropriateCanuck ⋅ r/programminghorror
my friend didnt know how to use async sleep in javascript, so he wrote this massive chain of .then()Aug 2 ⋅ user6150277464770585 ⋅ r/programminghorror
No, you don't understand. What if HP changed while I wasn't looking?Jun 5 ⋅ Candid_Commercial214 ⋅ r/programminghorror
Ah yes! We can't divide by 0, so let's go for a similar numberOct 2025 ⋅ Saptarshi_12345 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #0
Not a big deal, just a company that runs half the InternetDec 2025 ⋅ gitpullorigin ⋅ r/programminghorror
We call it the Wedge of Destiny (DreamMaker)Aug 2025 ⋅ Sorry-Lack-7509 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #DreamMaker
I made this calculator app when i was 10. i thought it would be really cool to eval() unsanitized codeJan 15 ⋅ ZemoMemo ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #10
This is an active production api at my work, I don't think I need to explain.Jul 2025 ⋅ Spec1reFury ⋅ r/programminghorror
Got a spam email...containing the source code to send said spam email instead of the desired contentsNov 2025 ⋅ ImplosiveTech ⋅ r/programminghorror
Was creating a React-TypeScript website and this random person came up in the docstring of @type. I have so many questions.Jan 2024 ⋅ meyriley04 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #@type
Someone told me C is faster, did I do it right? (Im a python dev btw)Aug 2025 ⋅ just_another_ai_guy ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #Im-a-python-dev-btw
I feel like vibecoding should be banned from enterprise developmentJul 27 ⋅ Maximka22 ⋅ r/programminghorror
Russian accounting firms operate on a programming language 1C, which is almost entirely in Russian. The language has a terrible reputation because nobody wants to learn it and there’s always a market for itSep 2024 ⋅ igorrto2 ⋅ r/programminghorror
Turns out, if you want to check multiple conditions, you can sugar it like this:Mar 24 ⋅ spaceguydudeman ⋅ r/programminghorror
Fortunately (or unfortunately), this isn't called by anything but itselfFeb 2025 ⋅ Oceanstuck ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #or-unfortunately
I lost hours of my life trying to figure out why text displayed in Release but not DebugDec 2023 ⋅ TessaFractal ⋅ r/programminghorror
Replacing commas in strings with a lookalike, for security reasonsSep 2025 ⋅ vk6_ ⋅ r/programminghorror
Neat download icon (because its cool)Mar 2024 ⋅ Wonderful_Ad9810 ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #because-its-cool
I organize imports by character length. Horror or aesthetic?Apr 2025 ⋅ Rollexgamer ⋅ r/programminghorror
My school used a service that accidentally put the LLM prompt in a course I'm learningNov 2025 ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/programminghorror
Found this gem in a “professionally”-made 2019 roblox gameJun 2025 ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/programminghorror ⋅ #2019
