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		How to Write Unmaintainable Code (thc.org)
		12 points by vineel on May 24, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

ColinWright on May 24, 2011 | [–]

An old friend:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=252615

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=304039

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=637491 <- This one has the most comments

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=922369

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1573034

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1988165

sc68cal on May 24, 2011 | | [–]

SQL Aliasing

Alias table names to one or two letters. Better still alias them to the names of other unrelated existing tables.

Hmmm - it appears that the person I replaced has already been here before.

Luyt on May 24, 2011 | [–]

Some of these techniques were used in http://www.michielovertoom.com/python/ugly-python/

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