How To Write Unmaintainable Code

A tongue-in-cheek look at how to write unmaintainable code to always insure that you have a job--or will quickly regain your job if you loose it. When actually writing code, try and do the opposite of what this document recommends.

http://thc.segfault.net/root/phun/unmaintain.html

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bighornsheep

agree.....

CS101, "if people like what you're doing but dont know what you're doing, you will make alot of money!"

Danman32

Careful though, as it can bite you in the butt when YOU become fooled when you have to analyze your own code a year later and forgot the details.

JDMurray

Danman32 wrote:

Careful though, as it can bite you in the butt when YOU become fooled when you have to analyze your own code a year later and forgot the details.

Yeah, one of the cardinal rules for obfuscate code is never use intelligible comments. If you don't remember your own pattern of writing unmaintainable code then you've screwed yourself.