No programmer wants to turn simple code into a Dickens novel of comments, but all to often we end up producing code which, years later, reads like the Voynich Manuscript. The best commented code ...

It isn't news that developers don't like documenting their code. But you have good reason not to. And if you are documenting code, try to stop! It's not too late.

Code documentation — is there anything more exciting than spending your time writing extensive comments? If I had to guess, your answer is probably somewhere along the lines of “uhm, ye… ...

Dr Leslie Kanthan, co-founder and CEO of TurinTech, outlines the importance of code quality for optimising AI performance and the emerging skills gap in the sector.