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fortress code

Atrociously written code that is only used or kept around because other code or systems rely on it.

Person A: Work today was rough. Someone threw together a program last week that takes minutes to organize files and we were told to use it.
Person B: Are you not allowed to change it?
Person A: Nope; it's fortress code at this point. Our boss replaced the computer's file manager with the program, and any change made to it would brick the computer.

by ChameleonDragon September 12, 2021


duct tape code

Code that just about works, hanging together from borrowed code, ineffective classes and functions.

Often this is the result of bad planning, or an iterative approach to fixing bugs over time.

Alan: How does this code you wrote work?
Ada: No clue, I wrote it 6 months ago and has become duct tape code.

by MeneerLuka June 19, 2023


Vogon Poetry Code

Computer program code, generally written by a person whos ego has the gravitational pull of the sun, that once read causes the reviewer to want to rip out their own insides.

A example of Vogon Poetry Code would be:

$id = 0;
while (!$id || mysql_error()) {

$id = rand(1, 10000000);

mysql_query("INSERT INTO `table` (id) VALUES ('".$id."'");
}

by EnglishMouse April 29, 2012


Error Code 101

Error Code 101 on Instagram is a protected user who is being hidden from the public for unknown reasons.

Error Code 101 could be a threat

by Eieuhe g eowsoifhd May 25, 2020


hate coded

When you're in a hurry to solve a programming problem, and your solution results in a shittiest-rushed-even-yo-mama-would-be-embarrassed-of-you-algorithm, but it get the damn job done.

I was solving day 3 of the Advent of Code, and I hate coded the worst fucking solution! I'm not proud of it, but it worked.

by appalasian December 6, 2017


Code one eight

A code phrase used to describe the presence of a girl that has sex with guys in order to get pregnant and collect child support for the next eighteen years. Can also describe a situation where a guy has potentially impregnated one of these girls.

Code one eight, man. Jessica thinks she’s pregnant and she says she doesn’t want anything to do with me.

by Silverslash January 19, 2019


Code James

The thing you use for 10% off all Morphe products

Use code JAMES for 10% off!!!!!

by Pialinist April 23, 2023