Nissan app developer busted for copying code from Stack Overflow

Copying and pasting code from the internet is one of the biggest open secrets in computer programming. And trust me, we all do it. That's because there are question-and-answer sites like StackOverflow.com, where any developer can post a programming-related question and get a response from a fellow developer.

Anyone who may or may not have copied his best friend's English essay in grade school knows the rule: don't copy word for word. You have to come up with the same conclusion using different words, otherwise you risk getting busted.

A developer working on the NissanConnect EV mobile app just got caught red-handed when averbatim Stack Overflow answer showed up in the most recent app update.

But the fact that a line of code copied from the internet somehow made its way through the quality assurance process (there is a QA process for Nissan apps, right?) and deployed as an update — to an app that manages a car nevertheless — doesn’t give me a ton of confidence to Nissan or other connected cars in general.

So the lesson here? Never, ever copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand. I repeat: never copy and paste code from the internet you don't understand.

Seriously, don't copy the following code snippet and paste it into your terminal.

source: http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2016/5/4/11593084/dont-get-busted-copying-code-from-stack-overflow