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"If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid". I liked the post, but I'm not sure that I agree.

• detaro 8y ago
  To take one of the classics of bad copy-past examples: "If the 'use-PHP-with-MySQL' example you copied is stupid, works, and also causes your production database to be hacked due to SQL-injection, it probably was stupid" The problem is to tell the difference between "ugly stupid" and "dangerous stupid"
• golergka 8y ago
  The problem is with defining "works". If your code "works" with ten test entries in a DB when you test the happy path, it doesn't mean that it really works in production, with real load and real attack attempts on it.
• nordsieck 8y ago
  "works" is a nuanced word. The saying can be wonderfully pithy or terribly destructive depending on people's understanding of the word.
• krallja 8y ago
  “If it’s stupid but it works, it’s still stupid and you got lucky.”