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madeofpalk on July 17, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: What happens when you search 'ugly hack' in GitHub

When I write it it usually means I know it sucks, but I'm reasonably happy with it - but if someone catches me out on it it's ok because I already criticised it myself

andrey-p on July 17, 2014 [–]

Excellently put. It's like lampshading[1], for code.

[1]: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging

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