If I have my dates right, 1991, aged 11. I know we stayed at my uncle's house when Terminator 2 came out at the cinema when we were staying at their house one year, but it might have been a year or two earlier than that. It was Sinclair Basic. My uncle introduced me to coding. He wasn't even a programmer himself, actually a deep sea diver, but had been writing utilities to help with the day job. My cousin, a good few years than older me, also showed me how to create a loading screen. He didn't become a programmer either. But I was hooked after that. Managed to get my parents to buy me a C64 so I could learn more at home.

Well that's not really the same as the OP's original complaint. That's just bad coding practices. NEVER put in anything that would upset someone, even in early stages. You never know what is going to ship by accident.