Oh nooo… please stop… and other feelings when reading posts about PetShop code

It just hurts too much.

When reading about code like this, and especially code that should be an “good architectural principles” and “basic and advanced coding concepts” example it just hurts me to see what people write… believe me people… IT HURTS!

I cannot imagine that at any point in time (one common argument is that this is an *old* code, and an outdated example) this was considered good - no matter how old the code is - bad things are bad, terrible practices are terrible. Someone should really stop and scratch their heads before calling something good.

Now, if you want to read the post that disturbed me this morning, go here:

http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/11/28/Code-review-The-PetShop-Application.aspx

@Ayende: I feel your pain man. No one should be put to this - no one deserves it.

Ok, I need some more coffee…