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Even my own code sometimes. (lemmy.world)

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Definitely. I've seen this advice summarized as "Comment 'why', not 'how'" and it's always helpful to come back to weird code and immediately understand these things.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, that wall of text is my rationale for doing exactly that.