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Ibrahim Diallo

May 2024

Functions over comments

Functions over comments

Code reads different than human languages. When we don't understand what the code is doing, we write comments in our code in the form of human languages. But the language we speak and write every day can be bloated or ambiguous. The human brain is just really good at extracting context. When you are trying to understand what a snippet of code does, a story is rarely the best method. However, if the confusing code is wrapped in properly named functions, half of our questions are already answered.

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SetTimeout and SetInterval use eval therefore are evil

Eval is evil. Ok, it's not like it goes out at night and kill kittens but it is evil nevertheless. Let's start from the least evil to the kitten killer. Code…

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