The Daily WTF “Magic bytes” are a common part of a file header. The first few bytes of a file can often be used to identify what type
The Daily WTF “Because 9.975 was just a *little* bit too small,” explains our first anonymous helper. Our second anonymous helper
The Daily WTF Charles is supporting a PHP based application. One feature of the application is a standard “Contact Us” form.
The Daily WTF Once upon a time, web browsers weren’t the one-stop-shop for all kinds of possible content that they are today. Aside from
The Daily WTF Sometimes, there’s code so bad you simply know it’s unused and never called. Bernard sends us one such method, in Java:
The Daily WTF Simon recently found himself working alongside a “very senior” developer- who had a whopping 5 years of experience.
The Daily WTF …Screens of Death. Photos of failures in kiosk-mode always strike me as akin to the wizard being exposed behind his curtain.
The Daily WTF ArSo works at a small company. It’s the kind of place that has one software developer, and ArSo isn’t it. But ArSo is
The Daily WTF Alicia recently inherited a whole suite of home-grown enterprise applications. Like a lot of these kinds of systems, it needs to do
The Daily WTF Some time ago, poor Keith found himself working on an antique Classic ASP codebase. Classic ASP uses VBScript, which is like