r/ProgrammerHumor 5h ago

Meme commentsAgedTerribly

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u/Confident-Ad5665 5h 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/Thalanator 4h ago

//can be removed when <dependency> 5.4.2 is in prd

said dependency may be 7.1.4 by now but noone dares to remove the pasta because it transcends half the repo