Hackery is a python library that helps you track your hacks.
Before:
if 'questionable_field' not in incoming_data:
# this doesn't get set for some reason by version 1.4 of our iOS app
incoming_data['questionable_field'] = 0 # HACK.After:
with VersionHack('ios-questionable-field', 'ios == 1.4', incoming_data_version) as hack:
if hack:
if 'questionable_field' not in incoming_data:
hack.count('field-absent')
incoming_data['questionable_field'] = 0Keep your hacks and your sanity.
