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How programmers comment their code (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes. This 1000x. I hate it at work when I come across code that was written 3 years ago that has literally no traces of why it's there and a quick summary of what it does. Especially because that code is always the most abbreviated spaghetti you've ever seen. People should stop thinking (their) code documents itself because 99.999% of programmers cannot do it right.

I really like the Google way of coding: assume the person reading the code is the most 1337 programmer ever, BUT that this person knows absolutely nothing about the project

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.