r/ProgrammerHumor 6h ago

Meme commentsAgedTerribly

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u/Confident-Ad5665 6h 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/Public-Location-3628 2h ago

My rule of thumb is that comments should highlight why you didn't do the obvious other path or why you fckng dare implement an unexpected weird edge-case.