At least once a week I am approached with a rewrite or modification to someone else’s code.  I decided to take on the most recent mod for a friend and am not enjoying it one bit.  It is getting harder and harder for me to take on new projects because of garbage like this :

What the hell kind of form validation is that?!

My question is how does this pass company standards?  How are people getting away writing this rubbish and being paid top dollar over someone who codes to standards and follows MVC.

I am definitely no PHP guru – but for god sakes start writing maintainable code people!

If you are wondering what inspired this rant – take a gander at this gimmicky product… I need a drink.