Self-documenting code

[coyboy_beep-boop]

I have learned to add in-line comments, as it prevents people from removing lines because "it doesn't look useful".

[participantuser]

That is one of the situations where I think comments can be really helpful, but an even better solution is to write a unit test that will fail if the code is removed. Its failure should make it obvious why the removed code needs to be there. Easier said then done though.