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12 things that would make you a better software developer

by coderhs on 6/2/13, 5:33 PM with 1 comments

  • by bediger4000 on 6/2/13, 6:37 PM

    I'm going to have to forcefully disagree with #11 - "Write jokes in comments".

    When I encounter a jokey comment, I always think "if you had time to think up and write this joke, why didn't you have time to make an efficient/readable/less buggy function here?"

    Also, the jokes I've encountered have always seemed dated, stale, and maybe irrelevant.

    Please do not do this, ever. Flat, no-nonsense comments, please. Don't inject personality, and you should consider using E-Prime in English-language commentary. Any use of "to be" verbs in comments obscures what you write about.