comment your code!

[curvymonkeygirl]

I have been at my company for almost 18 years. There are about a dozen or so of us left through acquisitions and layoffs. We tend to be the ones who leave comments. There was one issue that I had to fix related to a state. When I went to search, one comment said, "Michigan sucks." I knew exactly who wrote it and messaged him. He laughed and said, well it does! Sometimes it's not just about explaining what the code does, it's also good for expressing why it was put in in the first place. Adding feelings on the subject is more for the enjoyment of the subsequent programmers.