Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome

Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome or CDS for short, is a condition which programmer struggles with structuring, organizing, and defining their codebase. Individuals with CDS may have difficulty at doing things like naming variables with comically descriptive name or deciding if they should use camelCase or snake_case for their files, often these symptoms causes by stuff such as lack of code standards or being worried with future backward compatibility issue.

essentially it is like an existential crisis, but for your code.

steve: "oh man i don't know if i should name this class 'ModelAbstractBaseCoreFactoryManager' or 'modelAbstractBaseCoreFactoryManager'"

"steve is suffering from Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome!"

Codebase Dysmorphism Syndrome by inf1337 April 6, 2023

Codebase Core 

The code, or set of instructions, in a codebase that is used often by the rest of the codebase usually in the form of a utils file.

"Oh yeah, the quick maths method is in the codebase core"

Codebase Core by DiamondDev May 29, 2020

Steampunk Codebase 

A collection of code that works but is clearly the sole result of necessity, genius, or insanity. Steampunked code typically combines odd technologies and libraries in a way that makes an engineer do a double-take. Also characterized as a collection of code components that engender a response of "WTF?" by new codebase participants due to it not being apparent why the fuck someone would do such a thing. Steampunk codebases, when not rationalizable as truly necessary, drive good software engineers nuts in a visceral, usually quite loud, manner and can result in rebellion and heavy attrition if not addressed responsibly.

"Take a look at this steampunk codebase! Can you believe this shipped? I can't figure out whether the programmer who wrote this nuts or genius."

Steampunk Codebase by Jan Drake October 20, 2013