“If comments are inherently considered a bad practice, why do they exist in the first place?” — Comments are commonly employed to clarify code that is difficult to understand. But, at times, they end up being redundant. Many professionals discourage the use of comments because they perceive them as codebase clutter. This belief is rooted in maintainability concerns, as comments require ongoing updates whenever modifications are made…

The movement, “Let it rot” or in Mandarin, bailan (摆烂) doesn’t seem to be brand new to Chinese citizens. — “Let it rot” is just a level-up on the same issue about “Quiet quitting” or “lying flat” which grew popular in 2021. A Chinese, Dian Gu explained it as more of a situation whereby people don’t want to commit to their job and just do what the company requires. This…