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Search - "console.logs"
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Today's highlights include:
The offshore team has put code gems in production featuring the example code generated on project startup that you're supposed to delete or overwrite, an API endpoint that just returns the value 5, and various debugging console.logs. it's a delight reading their code.
My boss also forgot the meeting he called me in for so I've been sitting here waiting for 20 minutes when I could have gone home. I'm glad it's friday17 -
Problem:
some folks left the angular codebase full of ridicolous console.logs, client was upset as he noticed it during UAT
Solution:
1. add extra script in main template page
window.console.log = function(){};
2. translate it into JSFuck
3. if they ask, pretend it's a super-secret encryption algorithm to improve security6 -
So we have a confluence page all about best practices (there’s not even a lot in it) but when you check the repository, most rules are not followed 😭4