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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, there's a balance. If you comment every row of your code, you aren't naming things clearly. If you never comment, the context is always incomplete.

[–] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

You don't comment what something does, ir can clearly be seen from the code itself. You comment why you do it.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Yes, that would be the context I'm talking about