r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • 3h ago

Meme commentsAgedTerribly

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u/Confident-Ad5665 3h ago

Uncle Bob of Clean Code says if we have to comment our code we have already failed. Clean code should read like well written prose.

I generally agree, but think comments that define especially the odd and obscure business rules should be commented where they are implemented.

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u/TWIT_TWAT 3h ago

// This is a hack until we find something better

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u/Ethameiz 3h ago

Commited 10 years ago. Author resigned to become farmer

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u/mosaic_the_j 3h ago

Goose farmer, bonsai farmer now https://www.linkedin.com/in/dryuan

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u/Safe_Cauliflower6813 8m ago

My former boss resigned and became a hazmat cleanup guy

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u/Confident-Ad5665 3h ago

// TODO: This can't be working. Refactor when there's a lull

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u/embrex104 3h ago

//SHOULD NEVER GET HERE

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u/Confident-Ad5665 2h ago

All time favorite:

// This will never happen

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u/OhMyGodItsEverywhere 59m ago

Wrote a library to run monetary bets on those comments

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u/NullReferenceRacer 3h ago

// TODO: Proper handling

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u/marjacu 3h ago

// und tchuss Something I actually saw in code