Exactly that!
Everyone can See “what” is happening, the code is right there. But the code usually doesn’t tell you “why” that is happening - good comments help understand the authors intent and give context, so you don’t have to guess.
Good comments should explain the things that are not obvious.
Good comments more than once prevented me from accidentially undoing a fix.
I was running out of time so this it’s mostly copied from (stack overflow url)
refactor when time allows
This is a side effect of doing lots of tiny websites , microcontroller code and mini web apps for under budgeted marketing projects with constantly changing designs and requirements that don’t need to last too long.
Exactly that! Everyone can See “what” is happening, the code is right there. But the code usually doesn’t tell you “why” that is happening - good comments help understand the authors intent and give context, so you don’t have to guess.
Good comments should explain the things that are not obvious.
Good comments more than once prevented me from accidentially undoing a fix.
Yup my comments are generally along the lines of:
This is a side effect of doing lots of tiny websites , microcontroller code and mini web apps for under budgeted marketing projects with constantly changing designs and requirements that don’t need to last too long.