The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

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by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2004-05-27

Reader Stefán Jökull Sigurðarson, whose middle name means Glacier (now, how awesome is that!), sent along this chunk of C-code, straight from Iceland.

9 comments - Last comment @ 2014-05-15

Because New() Fails Way Too Much

by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2004-05-26

First and foremost, thanks for the WTF submissions! Please keep 'em coming. They don't have to be code snippets or diagrams, just something technical-related that made you say or think What the F--! And now that I think about it, I'd love to see some crazy Boss Emails and Memos. I had a trove of them saved from the last company I was at, but lost them all. So let's see yours! Just use the Contact Form, and feel free to include a website to link back to.

With that out of the way ... I give you this.

10 comments - Last comment @ 2006-11-17

Who Needs Stored Procedures, anyways?

by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2004-05-25

I'm sure we've all heard, over and over, that inline SQL is generally a bad practice, and that we should use Stored Procedures when possible. But let's be realistic for a minute. Who wants to write a stupid stored procedure for every stupid little simple query needed. Like, for example, this query from an actual, production, report-producin' web page:

23 comments - Last comment @ 2020-06-19

Function Batman()

by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2004-05-24

As a certified Überprogrammer, I get quite annoyed with inexperienced maintenance programmers looking at my code and asking questions that any coder with a clue would instinctually know. Take for example this function:

16 comments - Last comment @ 2008-07-30

IsTrue()

by Alex Papadimoulis in Feature Articles on 2004-05-21

Originally Posted At: http://weblogs.asp.net/alex_papadimoulis/archive/2004/05/21/136890.aspx

Yesterday, we learned that sarcasm is officially dead. Oy. So today, let me disclaim by saying that I am not actually advocating this as a good practice. Just trying to toss in a little humor. And also, let me applogize already for having a weak example today, been too busy to dig for some real gems. And with out further ado, your Daily Cup of WTF: