the church of uncle bob would like to speak to you about the sins of commenting.
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Will each level of smaller clocks get one additional hour?
someone else's code would have the wrong values.
@Vordimous Wait for daylight saving time...
Is that when all of the devs write the comments on the line after the code?
It should have the numbers change in the middle like a digital clock but look like the numbers on a clock.
When you ask a Dev to test their own code
@Vordimous @linuxgal when I see this sort of thing when reviewing PRs, I write words to the effect of "tell me WHY it's doing that, not WHAT it's doing". The "what" is usually obvious from the code and thus not worthy of comment. The "why" will enlighten your colleagues (and future you).