I lost weeks of work because I thought comments were useless

Betty Ramirez · 2026-03-02T07:31:07.237863+00:00

When I started coding, I skipped writing comments in my scripts. I believed my code was simple and did not need extra notes. Later, I had to update a project and got totally lost in my own logic. It took me forever to fix simple bugs because I could not follow my past steps. This was a big failure that set me back a lot. Now I insist that comments are key for any beginner. Do not make my error; write comments from the start to save yourself trouble.

richarddixon7mo ago

Last month I found some old Python scripts, and ruby_lane is right, idk what past me was thinking without comments.

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quinnm777mo ago

But is it really that big a deal?

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ruby_lane7mo ago

Ever been humbled by your own past code? I learned that lesson the hard way too.

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tyler_bailey897mo ago

My first job had code from 5 years ago I had to fix. I mean, the nested loops and single-letter variable names made no sense. It really taught me to write for future me.

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