> For me, this type of thinking that comment are unnecessary, that competent ppl can just read the code, etc. is actually a sign of younger dev who never had to work on a long-lived codebase.
It sounds like you're conflating "helpful comments that explain why" with "no comments are needed ever because read the code", and we're talking past each other.
It sounds like you're conflating "helpful comments that explain why" with "no comments are needed ever because read the code", and we're talking past each other.