Ask HN: "witty" comments in code 1 points by curiousquestion 12y ago ↗ HN Why does the crappiest code tend to contain the "witty" comments. It's like these folks think they know what they're doing.
[–] mooism2 12y ago ↗ I used to write witty comments (and use witty variable names) when I was younger. I was worse at programming, too.I'm guessing that writing crappy code and witty comments are both something people tend to grow out of with experience.
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[ 11.9 ms ] story [ 32.5 ms ] threadI'm guessing that writing crappy code and witty comments are both something people tend to grow out of with experience.