Code crimes
A “code crime” is when I deliberately misuse something for the sake of humour. Although this is silly code that should never be used in a production system, writing code this way is a good way to learn about how systems expect to be used – what are the limits, what can you really do, and how do they break when you push them.
Getting an Important Internet Checkmark to follow your cursor
Party like it’s 1996! A trailing checkmark cursor will make your Brand Website feel fun and authentic.
Taking tuple unpacking to terrible places
I want to assign a bunch of variables to True, but I don’t know how many there are. Reflection to the rescue!
This YAML file will self-destruct in five seconds!
YAML allows you to execute arbitrary code in a parser, even if you really really shouldn’t.
Safely deleting a file called ‘-rf *’
If for some reason you create a file called
-rf *, it’s possible to delete it safely. But really, don’t create it in the first place.