Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever seen work?
recommended by 1 user | 2018 | 428 points by nobody271 | code quality | original thread |

I think I've broken my own record with this one ~2500 lines of incoherent JavaScript/C#. Works though.

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nosianu Aug 3, 2025 | on: 6 weeks of Claude Code | context

That is how you get Oracle source code. It broke my illusions after entering real life big company coding after university, many years ago. It also led to this gem of an HN comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18442637

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1. “It is close to 25 million lines of C code.” (comment)
recommended by 16 users | 2018 | oraguy on: Ask HN: What's the largest amount of bad code you have ever… | original thread |
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