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Background I thought this might be kind of fun (fun can also be read as "upsetting"), so I'm giving it a shot. It's pretty frequent as programmers we go back and revisit some code and find ourselves shaking our heads at what we see. These code smells often don't show their faces when they're being created, so don't beat yourself (or anyone else) up just yet. Common signs you've stumbled upon a code smell are when you find yourself saying: How could that co-op have possibly coded this?! Blast those interns! Or What the heck was John thinking when he put this together?! Does he not have a brain?! Or No wonder we find so many bugs in this part of code! Look what Jane did! But it never truly hits home until you get one of these: What is…