AITA for Honest Code Review

AITA for being honest with my daughter regarding her coding ability. I (36M) am a web developer for many years now and have a lot of experience. About a year ago my daughter (9F) suddenly decided she wanted to learn coding. She asked me to teach her. I declined and explained that it is complex and I don't have the time and would burn out from doing that after work as it is tough but that she was free to learn on her own. We have a white list of sites she can access on her laptop so we were not afraid of her searching the web. She did teach herself some C++ which is not a language I have used in years and is a bit outdated and not the simplest to pick up. It's been a year and she calls herself "princess programmer" and it is a little cringy and she likes to wear a nice dress or skirt while working on some simple games she makes. Recently she overheard one of my work meetings and learned what code reviews are and asked me to do one on her newest game while claiming that the "princess programmer" wrote it very well and expects it to be very good. I noticed many issues like bad variable naming conventions, code duplication, using if condition,return instead of just returning the condition.

A father who is an experienced web developer describes reviewing his nine-year-old daughter's C++ game and pointing out issues such as poor variable naming, duplicated code, and unnecessary conditional returns. The joke is framed like an AITA post: the daughter's proud "princess programmer" identity clashes with a brutally honest professional code review, making the situation awkward and funny as a reaction to excessive technical criticism or a child being confidently overpraised. EN: A father who is an experienced web developer describes reviewing his nine-year-old daughter's C++ game and pointing out issues such as poor variable naming, duplicated code, and unnecessary conditional returns. The joke is framed like an AITA post: the daughter's proud "princess programmer" identity clashes with a brutally honest professional code review, making the situation awkward and funny as a reaction to excessive technical criticism or a child being confidently overpraised.

• @gentoomemes / 3146 2023-03-15