#define makes things worse in almost all cases. It's extremely rare to see it done right, as opposed to just being the path of least resistance, that builds up

#define makes things worse in almost all cases. It's extremely rare to see it done right, as opposed to just being the path of least resistance, that builds up tech debt where things break in hilarious ways. I have seen many many well-intentioned "but surely this time it's the best solution", where no, it's just a time bomb.