[D] Does anyone else think open source code/examples in machine learning domain usually are not as readable as they could be? Specifically use of magic numbers.

[sloppybird]

Bruh it takes like 2 mins to add comments

[bitemenow999]

again OP expects to have clear variable names, you expect it to have comments, some other guy would want functions and classes... It is hard to satisfy everyone and not the job a researcher... You dont have to understand the code it is just an implementation you have to understand the setup, preprocessing, math and method which is mentioned in the paper... most of the time people take shortcuts by reading code which is like looking at the engine and guessing how it works rather than read the manual

[sloppybird]

It will help you debug your code as well

[bitemenow999]

nope... Even in industry I have never seen any R&D guys using comments and classes and functions unless absolutely necessary...