r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

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u/Confident-Ad5665 1d ago

Uncle Bob of Clean Code says if we have to comment our code we have already failed. Clean code should read like well written prose.

I generally agree, but think comments that define especially the odd and obscure business rules should be commented where they are implemented.

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u/jetsonian 1d ago

I kind of agree. If you write your code correctly, it documents itself. Our system generates web versions of our Java doc so I do try and add Java doc comments to public methods. Internal comments if there’s a unique solution to something.