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Something Wonderful

by Remy Porter in Representative Line on 2026-07-29

Today, we look at a "representative comment" from Mark W. This particular comment appears on a function:

/// <summary>
/// Does something wonderful.
/// </summary>

25 comments - Last comment @ 2026-08-05

A Specific Key

by Remy Porter in Representative Line on 2026-07-01

Today's anonymous submission isn't really a WTF, but it highlights the hardest problem in computer science: naming things.

For example, let's say you saw a method called handleRSAPrivateKeyGeneration. You'd likely assume that it generates an RSA private key. More specifically, it accepts a request for a private key and handles that request. It's right there in the name.

16 comments - Last comment @ 2026-07-05

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