Clean code talks about this very well. Like all things it's a matter of doing it write or wrong. The checklist includes: 1 are you using comments to manage ob

Clean code talks about this very well. Like all things it's a matter of doing it write or wrong. The checklist includes: 1 are you using comments to manage obfuscated code? I.e. the comment isn't the problem it's the spaghetti code it makes the person feel entitled to write after 2 can the code just be a function with a clear name 3. Is the comment a non comment ? <some others I forget the book is a great read> That said. Plenty of times you need a good comment.