• philm@programming.dev
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    11 months ago

    Yeah, but unironic…

    If your code needs comments, it’s either because it’s unnecessarily complex/convoluted, or because there’s more thought in it (e.g. complex mathematic operations, or edge-cases etc.). Comments just often don’t age well IME, and when people are “forced” to read the (hopefully readable) code, they will more likely understand what is really happening, and the relevant design decisions.

    Good video I really recommend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf7vDBBOBUA

    • Pickle_Jr@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, another way I’ve heard it phrased is comments are for explaining why you did things a certain way, not for explaining what it’s doing.