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This Code Is CRAP (2011)

77 points · 57 comments · luispa

  1. huurtehoog · · focus · HN ↗
    Title is editorialized. Original: "This code is CRAP" referring to code in review as Change Risk Anti Pattern.

    Also, (2011)

    1. GranPC · · focus · HN ↗
      I believe the "This" might have gotten swallowed by HN's title normalizer.
      1. badc0ffee · · focus · HN ↗
        This title normalizer is crap.
        1. GranPC · · focus · HN ↗
          In its (admittedly weak) defense, if the submitter edits the title back during the few-minute window after submitting where this is possible, the normalizer does not kick back in. But it is a bit opaque, in the sense that the poster needs to: realize that the title has been changed; know that they can edit the title (but not too slow!); and know that it won't be filtered through again.

          I have no idea what the website would look like without it, but I have a feeling it does more good than harm.

          1. andai · · focus · HN ↗
            Maybe it's invisible when it works as intended, but the only times I notice a title has been changed, is when it's changed back to the original title, stripping most of the valuable context in the process. De-editorialization, I suppose.

            (Or when the auto-renamer does a funny!)

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