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gloryless | 3 years ago

I work in web, and one guy did this for two modules in a non-critical server, just TWO before I flat out told him to stop. "What does X mean" was a common question across people who had actually seen the code before and forgotten, and it was absolutely the first question someone trying to learn the codebase asked. It was a frustrating and silly practice that added to cognitive load and corroded faith in the authors decision-making.

In a team ecosystem where you probably need to optimize for readability and ease of use, try to be simple and accurate and get used to refactoring. Making up random shit is the worst advice I can think of.

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