This may sound tedious and strange, but I've learned to comment nearly every line I write. I think the cognitive load while skimming is much lower, but MUCH mor

This may sound tedious and strange, but I've learned to comment nearly every line I write. I think the cognitive load while skimming is much lower, but MUCH more importantly, the process of writing them is a very valuable perspective shift. It forces me to look at a block of code more holistically, and as a result I tend to catch most of my bugs while writing comments.