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[โ€“] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For me it's always, "this is hacky as shit, but it works, and nobody will ever see it but me."

[โ€“] Almrond@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

My most arcane pieces of code (abusing null references to make the garbage collector handle object deletion kind of cursed) are usually posted publicly somewhere... If it works and all that.