{"id":1188,"date":"2013-08-16T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T14:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T08:53:11","slug":"ugly-habits-in-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usersnap.com\/blog\/ugly-habits-in-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"6 ugly habits in web development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At Usersnap<\/a>, we have over 20 (summed up) years of experience in well organized web development. We figured that track record allows us to call out the good<\/a>, bad<\/a> and the ugly in the industry. Now, working in web development can be rewarding, challenging and overall awesome, but the programming world has its dark side too (and no, there are no cookies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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1. Brogrammers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Urban Dictionary<\/a> explains a brogrammer to be…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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a programmer who breaks the usual expectations of quiet nerdiness and opts instead for the usual trappings of a frat-boy: popped collars, bad beer, and calling everybody \u2018bro\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This definition is followed by the note that brogrammers are \u201cdespised by everyone, especially other programmers.\u201d That being noted, there are a an awful lot of semi ironic references to those dudes. Like the are-you-a-brogrammer<\/a> test. Or Twilio\u2019s admittedly hilarious presentation on \u2018how to become a better brogrammer<\/a>\u2019. Sad fact is that these guys are not some mythical creatures. And they don\u2019t exactly pave the way for newcomers in our field, popping 3 Red Bulls before standup, to then go on burping the alphabet while waiting for their \u2018fresh\u2019 build to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Bitching on other communities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately there are programmers out there that rank people by the programming language they work with. Java programmers are boring and grey-ish, Ruby developers are all tree-hugging hipsters and nobody seems to like PHP programmers. It\u2019s unfortunate – and unnecessary – that we have to judge each other this way and it\u2019s especially painful when a speaker at a conference sets the tone by dissing another programming languages, just to get a few easy laughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. We don\u2019t listen to your feedback, LOL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ever came across a project that was \u2018open sourced\u2019 and you wanted to contribute to by filing an issue or making a pull request, and they were never heard from again? Unfortunately it\u2019s not uncommon that people just like the ring of the word \u2018transparency\u2019, but ignore its very meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. YOLO Driven Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Releasing untested code – or worse: hacking in your production code – is also known as YOLO<\/a> Driven Development. And never a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"YOLO<\/a>
\u201cI have no idea which branch I\u2019m working on\u201d
via devopsreactions.tumblr.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

5. Gender gap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The fact that women are largely underrepresented in the IT world is something we\u2019re hopefully all very aware of. Recent events at some conferences (dongle jokes, harassment and horrid threats) certainly are not pretty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Rails conference recently got celebrated for its 1-out-of-10 attendees being female and that\u2019s just sad. We can and we have to do better, getting more diversity in our industry. In the meantime, we try our best to bridge that gap by getting more women interested in programming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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6. Harming people<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hacking someone\u2019s devices just \u2018because you can\u2019 is never really a nice thing to do. Sure, you want to make a point \/ you\u2019re a creative genius, but are you also there to fix it again or advise people how to properly use a firewall<\/a>, VPN<\/a> or incognito surfing? I didn\u2019t think so…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having summed up the good<\/a>, bad<\/a> and the ugly in web development, you now have a benchmark for your own company. Let\u2019s do awesome!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And: if you have any additions to this post, please let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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