> For me, this type of thinking that comment are unnecessary, that competent ppl can just read the code, etc. is actually a sign of younger dev who never had to

> For me, this type of thinking that comment are unnecessary, that competent ppl can just read the code, etc. is actually a sign of younger dev who never had to work on a long-lived codebase. It sounds like you're conflating "helpful comments that explain why" with "no comments are needed ever because read the code", and we're talking past each other.