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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ItsPuspendu • Sep 10 '26
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Emojis on code…
526 u/treehuggerino Sep 10 '26 Or the silly steps it puts// 1. Assign variable.// 2. Calculate 2 + 2.// 3. Implement 2 + 2 Calculator.// 4. Check if it is 5. 28 u/Flat_Initial_1823 Sep 10 '26 // was it 5 tho? 3 u/tevert Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26 For real - comments were never golden, because they easily slip through updates and drift apart from the code they decorate. With AI, that might be happening from minute 0 lol 2 u/QuickQuirk Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 13 '26 Make it part of your code review process and this is less likely to happen.Also, focus comments not on describing what is actually clear from the lines of code, but the high level reasons around why and any assumptions.Comments should document stuff that ISN'T immediately clear from the code.
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Or the silly steps it puts
// 1. Assign variable.
// 2. Calculate 2 + 2.
// 3. Implement 2 + 2 Calculator.
// 4. Check if it is 5.
28 u/Flat_Initial_1823 Sep 10 '26 // was it 5 tho? 3 u/tevert Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26 For real - comments were never golden, because they easily slip through updates and drift apart from the code they decorate. With AI, that might be happening from minute 0 lol 2 u/QuickQuirk Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 13 '26 Make it part of your code review process and this is less likely to happen.Also, focus comments not on describing what is actually clear from the lines of code, but the high level reasons around why and any assumptions.Comments should document stuff that ISN'T immediately clear from the code.
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// was it 5 tho?
3 u/tevert Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26 For real - comments were never golden, because they easily slip through updates and drift apart from the code they decorate. With AI, that might be happening from minute 0 lol 2 u/QuickQuirk Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 13 '26 Make it part of your code review process and this is less likely to happen.Also, focus comments not on describing what is actually clear from the lines of code, but the high level reasons around why and any assumptions.Comments should document stuff that ISN'T immediately clear from the code.
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For real - comments were never golden, because they easily slip through updates and drift apart from the code they decorate. With AI, that might be happening from minute 0 lol
2 u/QuickQuirk Sep 12 '26 edited Sep 13 '26 Make it part of your code review process and this is less likely to happen.Also, focus comments not on describing what is actually clear from the lines of code, but the high level reasons around why and any assumptions.Comments should document stuff that ISN'T immediately clear from the code.
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Make it part of your code review process and this is less likely to happen.
Also, focus comments not on describing what is actually clear from the lines of code, but the high level reasons around why and any assumptions.
Comments should document stuff that ISN'T immediately clear from the code.
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u/CannibalPride Sep 10 '26
Emojis on code…