# Why so little code comment in Discourse Codebase? (Github)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-so-little-code-comment-in-discourse-codebase-github/85710>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 19, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-so-little-code-comment-in-discourse-codebase-github/85710 "2018-04-19T10:37:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-so-little-code-comment-in-discourse-codebase-github/85710/2 "2018-04-19T10:41:40Z")

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Because comments tend to rot and deprecate which makes them useless (and sometimes counter intuitive) over time.

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