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Anyone who says "code should be self-documenting" probably doesn't comment their code enough
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Anyone who says "code should self-document what, comments should document why" probably doesn't write code as clearly as they think
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Tests are always a good source to aid understanding.
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I guess if you unit test absolutely everything? That's not really the reality though (thankfully).
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It looks like there’s no winning in this game
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The way to win is "I will document my code when it looks unclear and name my variables and methods appropriately". No-comments or over-comments mantra is harmful.
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All my code is psudo code that is written in a way to self document, checkmate atheists
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you can't write comments if you use a language that doesn't have them
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i feel subtweeted
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Get off my lawn, he is subtweeting another Austrian!
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Names of identifiers should answer “why”, interactions between them should answer “what”.
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Do you typically have very long identifier names then?
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