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Great article. I like "debt comments" though, no point hiding defects really.

• rocqua 8y ago
  It depends on what kind of code you are working on. Having 'debt comments' in production code could be taken as a suggestion that code should not be in production. What I really like are "This is fine, but with effort it could be done better like this" comments, which one might also call 'debt comments'. For example, if you have a brute-force search on something that could be done by bisection.
  • p0nce 8y ago
    Let's rewrite this: there is a point to hiding defects... if you are a contractor or looking for a promotion.
    • rocqua 8y ago
      Alternatively, one should address defects by fixing them not just marking them.
      • p0nce 8y ago
        You can't address them later if you've forgotten where they are. Maybe there is no time "now".