I think the whole situation with comments is a lot more nuanced than the author suggests. Namely, there aren't only the "important" and "redundant" type of comm

I think the whole situation with comments is a lot more nuanced than the author suggests. Namely, there aren't only the "important" and "redundant" type of comments[1], so the whole discussion about making them more visible or less visible is bound to be severely biased right from the start. [1] The following (amazing) article discusses code comments at length: http://antirez.com/news/124 http://antirez.com/news/124