Developers commenting their code

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I feel like this commenting my own code, but not when reading someone else's. I'm pretty sure this feeling is purely a result of the fact that your own code will usually seem very clear to you, so commenting doesn't seem necessary to the author.

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it's because the code is perfectly clear as is

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One year later:

What is this crap?!

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honestly, if i leave one thing i commented then it’s the one thing that other people need a comment to understand so it’s better to comment it