unmaintainable-code VS ioccc-obfuscated-c-contest

Many useful lessons can be learned on what not to do: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

Reminds me a bit of this old gem - How To Write Unmaintainable Code

I think it can be true for coding, but in this line of work some people can output in 2 hours and 50 mins what other people require a week to do. Also it is possible for someone to create more work through their actions - a sort of anti-work (not to be confused with the subreddit). Sometimes the anti-work can create entire worker-years of work. Actually, anti-work is sort of an art form - here is a guide: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

This is the future of the classic essay 'How to write unmaintainable code': https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

Two thoughts:

* This is ridiculous. Why would you do this? Which made think of this quote: "Which is ridiculous and unnecessary but when has that ever stopped programmers?" from one of my favorite Tom Scott videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gocwRvLhDf8

* How to Write Unmaintainable Code: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

My go-to is this one: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

Here's a handy style guide for how to write proper code.

A semi-automated system that compares old unsafe code to new unsafe code would likely be really helpful here - say, a LLM prompted to investigate whether the new unsafe blocks are a significant difference in scope and documented intent from the old unsafe blocks. Unless the winners of https://www.ioccc.org/ are among your attackers, it's a pretty solid line of defense.

For that you can go savor the archives of IOCCC : https://www.ioccc.org/

>> Perl can also be hilariously unreadable: https://www.foo.be/docs/tpj/issues/vol4_3/tpj0403-0017.html

Most programming languages can be obfuscated. That does not mean people write code in those programming languages like that:

C: https://www.ioccc.org/

Javascript: view-source:https://www.google.com/

The truth is that insulting Perl is considered stylish by some, so many people do despite knowing little to nothing about Perl and having never used it.

If you want the most complex, then probably here https://www.ioccc.org/

Since someone already linked Enterprise FizzBuzz, I'll link The Obfuscated C Contest as a possible source of inspiration.

Or this one [3] that calculates pi by estimating its own surface area.

Or this one [4]. It's a lovers quarrel, written simultaneously in C and English. It's incredible, seriously, read it.

[0]: https://www.ioccc.org/

I wonder what sort of "English" it spits out when fed obfuscated C code

OP is going to rage quit when he sees https://www.ioccc.org/

I mean, its no https://www.ioccc.org/ entry

The International Obfuscated C Code Contest for all you brain damage needs.