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Is My Code Good?

29 points by jlsync 11y ago

hodgesmr 11y ago
Looks like the output is random when you incognito.
- kbenson 11y ago
  I have a feeling it's not serious. > Lovingly (and satirically) created by your friends at...
- deleted 11y ago
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- nchelluri 11y ago
  heh, that's so weird that my incognito and nonincognito results for the same username differ. And it looks like you can put anything in: http://ismycodegood.com/#thispersondoesntexist http://ismycodegood.com/#thispersondoesntexist
  - JonathonW 11y ago
    Pretty sure it doesn't even make a network request-- looks like it just randomly generates each score, then stores them in local storage so that entering the same username more than once will give the same result.
    - tormeh 11y ago
      Confirmed.
- Almoullim 11y ago
  http://ismycodegood.com/#kk'kp[k\\ http://ismycodegood.com/#kk'kp[k\\ proof that this is random
AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
Is there somewhere which gives an explanation of what I'm being graded on and why a given grade was assigned?
- hodgesmr 11y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427667
- k__ 11y ago
  This. I mean, Googling for Answers?!
- nchelluri 11y ago
  That's totally key IMO; even a link to the grading code would go some distance to that goal. EDIT: Ok, I'm starting to think this whole site is some kind of a joke.
  - rimunroe 11y ago
    It is http://ismycodegood.com/#asdgpuhashtuhqwiertjhl;hadjsgjfaw;hetryp http://ismycodegood.com/#asdgpuhashtuhqwiertjhl;hadjsgjfaw;h...
    - AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
      Well nuts, that guy is clearly a much better coder than I am!
madaxe_again 11y ago
"Tell the world you're a C+ developer!" (sic) it tells me, after reviewing my code, and saying my non-existent tests are excellent. I think I'll demur. Edit: looking at the source, C+ is meant to be the grade, not the language, which makes more sense, even if this is just a fun farce.
- tericho 11y ago
  C+ is a language?
  - istvan__ 11y ago
    It is a littlebit better C.
ThatOtherPerson 11y ago
Read the bar at the bottom: Lovingly (and satirically) created by your friends at test double. Designed by Derek Briggs. It's not meant to be serious, although I'm not sure what the point is. Edit: It seems to be (perhaps unintentionally) clickbait for programmers. We can't seem to resist visiting a website that claims to rate our code quality.
- madaxe_again 11y ago
  This snippet sheds some light: b=["Thoughtfulness of Names","Expressiveness of Tests","Empathy for Maintainers","Future-proof Avoidance","Conscientious Logging","Commit Message Clarity","Dependency Restraint","Release Strategy","Coherent Versioning","Convention Adherance","Pairing — Navigation","Pairing — Driving","Expectation Management","Googling for Answers","Respectful of Others"],n=function(){return _(b).chain().shuffle().first(5).value()},p=function(b){return _(a).include(b)?[96,98]:[0,40,60,70,80,85,90]},o=function(a){return null==a&&(a=[0]),_(a).chain().map(function(a){return _.random(a,100)}).sample().value()},c={59:"F",63:"D-",66:"D",69:"D+",73:"C-",76:"C",79:"C+",83:"B-",86:"B",89:"B+",93:"A-",96:"A",100:"A+"} ["pixeljanitor","bkeepers","tkaufman","searls","jasonkarns","andrewvida","theotherzach","bostonaholic","davemo","neall","kbaribeau","danthompson","crebma","dustintinney"] Those guys all get an A+. YHBT!
- atmosx 11y ago
  If only rating code could be done that easily...
- catshirt 11y ago
  "although I'm not sure what the point is" satire, clearly. wether or not it's good satire is up for debate.
jonahx 11y ago
torvalds Overall grade: C Commit Message Clarity - F Conscientious Logging - B+ Release Strategy - B- Expressiveness of Tests - B+ Respectful of Others - D-
fyolnish 11y ago
Thanks for complementing me for my tests? (That I never wrote)
DaveSapien 11y ago
Nice, I'm an A class Developer! My secret: do very little on GitHub.
tux3 11y ago
Those are funny sometimes. I like the "Empathy for Maintainers" one. Torvalds: Empathy for Maintainers: C- Future-proof Avoidance: C- Conscientious Logging: A+ Googling for Answers: B Commit Message Clarity: B- https://i.imgur.com/Lwu64Ms.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Lwu64Ms.jpg
naoru 11y ago
I was expecting a big "NO".
Sevzinn 11y ago
By the law of headlines, no. Which I agree with!
lawrbrown 11y ago
http://ismycodegood.com/#zjfsdhaklvhuithsjvniqurehjcvheauirthijbvneiugnvjnaeg http://ismycodegood.com/#zjfsdhaklvhuithsjvniqurehjcvheauirt... Yes, it's random.
BukhariH 11y ago
It's completely randomly generated. Hint: If you type in a GitHub username that doesn't exist like "IBetThisUserDoesNotExist" you still get a grade :)
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simlevesque 11y ago
Release Strategy, Future-proof Avoidance and Commit Message Clarity have nothing to do with determining if the code is good. You should change the name of the website to something like : Are you a good contributer ? edit : Oh it's a joke ? ha. ha. ha.
LordHumungous 11y ago
Got a solid B+. This reminds me of college.
jjar 11y ago
This seems to be part of a new trend of HN Clickbait... Next thing you know Buzzfeed will try to buy the site.
dsugarman 11y ago
straight A+s for the creator[1] [1]http://ismycodegood.com/#pixeljanitor http://ismycodegood.com/#pixeljanitor
- gabeio 11y ago
  I spy 3 A's... even if their total is A+
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jnem 11y ago
I got a B+ and Im pretty sure Ive never published anything with my GitHub account.
dimman 11y ago
This tool makes as much sense as most project managers I've met. (It doesn't, it's just a joke)
killbill3 11y ago
This is total crap.
infinitone 11y ago
Definitely random as I got an A- and trovalds got a C o_O
jlsync 11y ago
I saw this being launched live here in this talk http://railsconf.com/program#prop_897 http://railsconf.com/program#prop_897 https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=3h24s https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=3h24s (I can't seem to link accurately into the moving live stream)
searls 11y ago
Hey HN, I actually made this site as a companion to my RailsConf talk yesterday (I'm sure it was humorously confusing out of context). The talk's slides are up here: https://speakerdeck.com/searls/sometimes-a-controller-is-just-a-controller https://speakerdeck.com/searls/sometimes-a-controller-is-jus... And video here (better versions coming soon): https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=2h56m https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=2h56m Humorously I joked about it hitting HN during the talk, and then it actually did. We as developers can't resist something that'll quantify for us whether we're good at writing software, even when we know it's flawed.

Is My Code Good?

29 points by jlsync 11y ago

hodgesmr 11y ago

Looks like the output is random when you incognito.

kbenson 11y ago
I have a feeling it's not serious. > Lovingly (and satirically) created by your friends at...
deleted 11y ago
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nchelluri 11y ago
heh, that's so weird that my incognito and nonincognito results for the same username differ. And it looks like you can put anything in: http://ismycodegood.com/#thispersondoesntexist http://ismycodegood.com/#thispersondoesntexist
- JonathonW 11y ago
  Pretty sure it doesn't even make a network request-- looks like it just randomly generates each score, then stores them in local storage so that entering the same username more than once will give the same result.
  - tormeh 11y ago
    Confirmed.
Almoullim 11y ago
http://ismycodegood.com/#kk'kp[k\\ http://ismycodegood.com/#kk'kp[k\\ proof that this is random

AdmiralAsshat 11y ago

Is there somewhere which gives an explanation of what I'm being graded on and why a given grade was assigned?

hodgesmr 11y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9427667
k__ 11y ago
This. I mean, Googling for Answers?!
nchelluri 11y ago
That's totally key IMO; even a link to the grading code would go some distance to that goal. EDIT: Ok, I'm starting to think this whole site is some kind of a joke.
- rimunroe 11y ago
  It is http://ismycodegood.com/#asdgpuhashtuhqwiertjhl;hadjsgjfaw;hetryp http://ismycodegood.com/#asdgpuhashtuhqwiertjhl;hadjsgjfaw;h...
  - AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
    Well nuts, that guy is clearly a much better coder than I am!

madaxe_again 11y ago

"Tell the world you're a C+ developer!" (sic) it tells me, after reviewing my code, and saying my non-existent tests are excellent. I think I'll demur. Edit: looking at the source, C+ is meant to be the grade, not the language, which makes more sense, even if this is just a fun farce.

tericho 11y ago
C+ is a language?
- istvan__ 11y ago
  It is a littlebit better C.

ThatOtherPerson 11y ago

Read the bar at the bottom: Lovingly (and satirically) created by your friends at test double. Designed by Derek Briggs. It's not meant to be serious, although I'm not sure what the point is. Edit: It seems to be (perhaps unintentionally) clickbait for programmers. We can't seem to resist visiting a website that claims to rate our code quality.

madaxe_again 11y ago
This snippet sheds some light: b=["Thoughtfulness of Names","Expressiveness of Tests","Empathy for Maintainers","Future-proof Avoidance","Conscientious Logging","Commit Message Clarity","Dependency Restraint","Release Strategy","Coherent Versioning","Convention Adherance","Pairing — Navigation","Pairing — Driving","Expectation Management","Googling for Answers","Respectful of Others"],n=function(){return _(b).chain().shuffle().first(5).value()},p=function(b){return _(a).include(b)?[96,98]:[0,40,60,70,80,85,90]},o=function(a){return null==a&&(a=[0]),_(a).chain().map(function(a){return _.random(a,100)}).sample().value()},c={59:"F",63:"D-",66:"D",69:"D+",73:"C-",76:"C",79:"C+",83:"B-",86:"B",89:"B+",93:"A-",96:"A",100:"A+"} ["pixeljanitor","bkeepers","tkaufman","searls","jasonkarns","andrewvida","theotherzach","bostonaholic","davemo","neall","kbaribeau","danthompson","crebma","dustintinney"] Those guys all get an A+. YHBT!
atmosx 11y ago
If only rating code could be done that easily...
catshirt 11y ago
"although I'm not sure what the point is" satire, clearly. wether or not it's good satire is up for debate.

jonahx 11y ago

torvalds Overall grade: C Commit Message Clarity - F Conscientious Logging - B+ Release Strategy - B- Expressiveness of Tests - B+ Respectful of Others - D-

fyolnish 11y ago

Thanks for complementing me for my tests? (That I never wrote)

DaveSapien 11y ago

Nice, I'm an A class Developer! My secret: do very little on GitHub.

tux3 11y ago

Those are funny sometimes. I like the "Empathy for Maintainers" one. Torvalds: Empathy for Maintainers: C- Future-proof Avoidance: C- Conscientious Logging: A+ Googling for Answers: B Commit Message Clarity: B- https://i.imgur.com/Lwu64Ms.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Lwu64Ms.jpg

naoru 11y ago

I was expecting a big "NO".

Sevzinn 11y ago

By the law of headlines, no. Which I agree with!

lawrbrown 11y ago

http://ismycodegood.com/#zjfsdhaklvhuithsjvniqurehjcvheauirthijbvneiugnvjnaeg http://ismycodegood.com/#zjfsdhaklvhuithsjvniqurehjcvheauirt... Yes, it's random.

BukhariH 11y ago

It's completely randomly generated. Hint: If you type in a GitHub username that doesn't exist like "IBetThisUserDoesNotExist" you still get a grade :)

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simlevesque 11y ago

Release Strategy, Future-proof Avoidance and Commit Message Clarity have nothing to do with determining if the code is good. You should change the name of the website to something like : Are you a good contributer ? edit : Oh it's a joke ? ha. ha. ha.

LordHumungous 11y ago

Got a solid B+. This reminds me of college.

jjar 11y ago

This seems to be part of a new trend of HN Clickbait... Next thing you know Buzzfeed will try to buy the site.

dsugarman 11y ago

straight A+s for the creator[1] [1]http://ismycodegood.com/#pixeljanitor http://ismycodegood.com/#pixeljanitor

gabeio 11y ago
I spy 3 A's... even if their total is A+

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jnem 11y ago

I got a B+ and Im pretty sure Ive never published anything with my GitHub account.

dimman 11y ago

This tool makes as much sense as most project managers I've met. (It doesn't, it's just a joke)

killbill3 11y ago

This is total crap.

infinitone 11y ago

Definitely random as I got an A- and trovalds got a C o_O

jlsync 11y ago

I saw this being launched live here in this talk http://railsconf.com/program#prop_897 http://railsconf.com/program#prop_897 https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=3h24s https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=3h24s (I can't seem to link accurately into the moving live stream)

searls 11y ago

Hey HN, I actually made this site as a companion to my RailsConf talk yesterday (I'm sure it was humorously confusing out of context). The talk's slides are up here: https://speakerdeck.com/searls/sometimes-a-controller-is-just-a-controller https://speakerdeck.com/searls/sometimes-a-controller-is-jus... And video here (better versions coming soon): https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=2h56m https://youtu.be/LdWMcs9EEOE?t=2h56m Humorously I joked about it hitting HN during the talk, and then it actually did. We as developers can't resist something that'll quantify for us whether we're good at writing software, even when we know it's flawed.