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# Gary McMeekin

@garymcm · Joined November 2021

Full Stack Cloud Developer

## Comments

[I really enjoy these posts. Thank you for taking the time to do this work. An understandable refactoring error, but in the problem code you only save if the file doesn't exist, but in the refactored code you left in the negation, meaning if the file doesn't exist you raise a File Exists exception. I'll delete myself if I've read that wrong :).](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-184-exception-arrow-code/638d1c92c30dc85277832e49/comment/638e0690895a9daa034fc057)

Comment · Article · Dec 5, 2022 · [Code Smell 184 - Exception Arrow Code](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-184-exception-arrow-code/638d1c92c30dc85277832e49)

[There's a waiting list get access to the Codex Sandbox. You should mention that before having people sign up for something. This site requires phone numbers, and even more info to get on the wait list. I also don't see an obvious way to delete the account .](https://hashnode.com/posts/step-by-step-wordle-creation-with-codex-ai/6317d5c92cef8b07c2f1df3c/comment/631c72083e8d6f3497ad2a86)

Comment · Article · Sep 10, 2022 · [Step by Step Wordle Creation With Codex AI](https://hashnode.com/posts/step-by-step-wordle-creation-with-codex-ai/6317d5c92cef8b07c2f1df3c)

[Isn't there a boolean-to-int conversion and that will result in a valid domain object of 0 (zero)? Maybe C handles this better than Javascript does.](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-160-invalid-id-9999/630e073656df9e8e50255fe0/comment/630f4ea575af73ad1f060e85)

Comment · Article · Aug 31, 2022 · [Code Smell 160 - Invalid Id = 9999](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-160-invalid-id-9999/630e073656df9e8e50255fe0)

[I wrote this same thing on Reddit recently and was downvoted to hell! I feel validated reading this.](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-145-short-circuit-hack/62bda672e4246414d3d2d271/comment/62c02f61ccecfb25bbc730e0)

Comment · Article · Jul 2, 2022 · [Code Smell 145 - Short Circuit Hack](https://hashnode.com/posts/code-smell-145-short-circuit-hack/62bda672e4246414d3d2d271)