I just give newish developers this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell And magically the number of "this is

I just give newish developers this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_smell And magically the number of "this is shit" comments decrease dramatically. The problem is that people don't like seeing easy to spot problems, but instead of giving people a guide, they complain.