Show HN your embarrassing (old) code
First I'll start off: http://pastebin.com/ATdDUStd That was from January 2008. I was young and stupid. I'm probably just as stupid now, but at least I can see now how stupid that was. So let's open up the shame files, and show how far we've come by recognising how bad we used to be.
Show HN your embarrassing (old) code launched on January 20, 2012 with 9 votes, #92 of 306 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.
What it does
Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.
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I got a 10 year old project of mine working again in 20232023 · github.com · ▲5Here's a video of it in action https://twitter.com/i/status/1667355251773526016 I didn't end up using it that much back then and no one else seems to have cared it existed, but it was a project I used to derust my programming skills and I'm to this day proud of the flamboyant design. To anyone reading this: you don't have to let your old code rot away in the graveyard of distant memories just because times change. With enough persistence and a little perseverance anything is possible. Code doesn't have an expiration date. -day
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