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Leonardo Montini
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Code Smell challenge! 👃

Hello everyone!

I'm working on an article (with a video version as usual!) about Code Smell. I'm planning to have it ready this or next week.

What is a Code Smell?
I'll try to keep it short for now, let's say it's something in the code that doesn't seem quite right. It can be a simple and little thing, at first harmless, but that can generate problems at a later point. Even big problems!

Being able to spot code smells at a first glance is a skill every good developer should have, as it might help saving a loooot of time for the future.


While writing the script I though it would have been fun to play around with YouTube shorts, creating short vertical clips with an example of code smell and a possible solution.

I'm collecting all of them under this playlist. There are 4 now but I'm planning to add more in the coming days (I've got a few more ideas ready to go).

Have fun with this playlist of minigames to train your code-smell-spotting skills! Can you find all the code smells?

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Is there any particular code smell that you find often and bothers you particularly?
Or one that you'd like to see covered on the playlist? Let me know in a comment :)


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