This. Comments and documentation are pointless unless they are audited and vette...

seanmcdirmid on March 25, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why aren't you commenting your code?

This. Comments and documentation are pointless unless they are audited and vetted somehow, then there is the extra cost associated with maintaining them. Managers who don't know better think its just a bit of extra work that the developer does up front, but that is pointless without the above.