Software Written in Blood

This is the software equivalent of a message smeared on the walls in blood // Dear programmer: // When I wrote this code, only god and // I knew how it worked. // Now, only god knows it! // // Therefore, if you are trying to optimize // this routine and it fails (most surely), // please increase this counter as a // warning for the next person: // // total_hours_wasted_here = 254 //

A tweet shows a dark-themed code editor containing a comment addressed to the next programmer. The comment says that the original author once understood the code, but now only God does, and asks future programmers to increase a counter after failed optimization attempts. The joke compares incomprehensible legacy code to a blood-smeared message on a wall, making it a reaction to cursed, undocumented, or dangerous code. EN: A tweet shows a dark-themed code editor containing a comment addressed to the next programmer. The comment says that the original author once understood the code, but now only God does, and asks future programmers to increase a counter after failed optimization attempts. The joke compares incomprehensible legacy code to a blood-smeared message on a wall, making it a reaction to cursed, undocumented, or dangerous code.

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