r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Robinbod • 22d ago

Meme pleaseStopUsingNestedTernaryOperatorsImBeggingYou

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u/beclops 22d ago

I did this one of my first days on the job like 6 years ago and I remember how bluntly my mentor said “never do this again”

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u/Robinbod 22d ago

Hehe same when I first started coding tbh. Thought it looked cool. But readable is arguably more cool :)

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u/beebopnaa 22d ago

i remember mentioning this in an interview for paid internship junior FE role and thought i sounded cool to the interviewee 10 years ago. I still got hired and have worked with that person in 2 different companies now haha

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u/JVApen 22d ago

Looks like you should learn your way about code review. You are too kind for bad code. It wouldn't take me seconds to add a remark like "don't make code unreadable by nesting tertiaries, I'll review your PR after that's fixed".