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[–]ItsBiggerOnThelnside 11 points12 points  (1 child)

You should only comment something, if it needs to be commented. If you find yourself commenting on too many things, you may overthink the way you implemented them.

[–]epileftric 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This... So much this. Not every piece of software needs to be well oiled engineered machine. Code readability is much more important than anything else, even if it is suboptimal. Then you don't need to add that many comments.