• magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
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    10 days ago

    I agree, and I count that as “key information that’s difficult to understand from the code”.

    IMO, comments should be used to provide value to the code. If they’re used too much, then readers of the code will more likely stop reading them altogether. They already got what they need from the code itself and the comments usually don’t add much value.

    If they’re sparse, then that’s a good indication they’re important and shouldn’t be missed.