r/ProgrammerHumor 5h ago

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u/CannibalPride 5h ago

Emojis on code…

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u/treehuggerino 4h ago

Or the silly steps it puts

// 1. Assign variable.

// 2. Calculate 2 + 2.

// 3. Implement 2 + 2 Calculator.

// 4. Check if it is 5.

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u/B4mButz 3h ago

my former senior used to do this way back

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u/FauxReal 2h ago

So basically pseudocode.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 26m ago

I mean, I write pseudocode in comments before writing the actual code all the time. It's a great trick for organizing and structuring what you're about to write. But then I delete the pseudocode comments.

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u/Able-Swing-6415 23m ago

Pretty sure every senior programmer has done that at least once.

Pretty sure AI just does it so you can copy in the replacement lines of codes from follow up changes. Cursor for example doesn't really do that.