I'm actually not sure whether this is a joke or not, some of these practices like #1, #4 and even #5 reek of amateurish programming practices - maybe this is fi

I'm actually not sure whether this is a joke or not, some of these practices like #1, #4 and even #5 reek of amateurish programming practices - maybe this is fine for your own pet projects, but if you're working with teams or on open source then have fun!