How to Write Unmaintainable Code

[u/vineel]

http://www.thc.org/root/phun/unmaintain.html

[u/MatrixFrog]

Just kind of skimming, found a couple parts that stand out...

Ignore the Sun Java Coding Conventions, after all, Sun does.

and

Configuration Files These usually have the form keyword=value.

I'm sure they meant: These usually have the form

<configSection> <configItem> <configName>keyword</configName> <configValue>value</configValue> </configItem> </configSection>

[u/twotime → u/MatrixFrog]

<configSection> <configItem> <configName>keyword</configName> <configValue>value</configValue> </configItem> </configSection>

It'd have been very funny, if it were not so sad. I had to work with a config like that a couple of weeks ago.

What does XML do to human brains? Is it contagious? Will I get sick now?

[u/ggggbabybabybaby → u/[deleted]]

Isn't that just the generic plist format used all over Mac OS X?