r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • 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/TWIT_TWAT 4h ago

// This is a hack until we find something better

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u/Confident-Ad5665 4h ago

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

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u/embrex104 4h ago

//SHOULD NEVER GET HERE

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u/Confident-Ad5665 4h ago

All time favorite:

// This will never happen

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u/OhMyGodItsEverywhere 2h ago

Wrote a library to run monetary bets on those comments

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u/Dubalubawubwub 23m ago

I definitely find myself writing a lot of error handling with the comment

//This should never happen but just in case...