Self-documenting Memes

Left side: "My code is self-documenting!!" with a sketch of someone looking distressed at the lowest end of the IQ bell curve. Middle: Actual documentation with detailed comments about monster attack algorithms in a game. Right side: Someone who just writes "// this is bridge" next to a drawing of a bridge, sitting at the other low end of the IQ curve. The perfect balance? The 130+ IQ person with comprehensive, helpful comments that actually explain the why behind complex game logic. The eternal developer struggle: write no comments and claim "self-documenting code," write useless comments stating the obvious, or be the rare specimen who documents the intent and reasoning. Most of us oscillate between all three depending on how much coffee we've had.

The bell curve of programming wisdom strikes again! We've got the rare intellectual specimens on both ends (14%) who actually write meaningful comments to document their thought process, while the mediocre majority (34% + 34%) proudly proclaim "my code is self-documenting!!" with that smug face we all know too well. It's the perfect illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect in coding practices. The beginners and masters understand the value of good documentation, while the dangerous middle-grounders think their spaghetti mess speaks for itself. Spoiler alert: Future You will have no idea what Past You was thinking when debugging at 2 AM six months from now.

Regular Pooh: Cramming all your logic into a single conditional statement like some kind of barbaric code caveman. Tuxedo Pooh: Creating descriptive boolean variables that make your code self-documenting and actually readable by humans who aren't trying to decode the Da Vinci code. The real high IQ move isn't writing clever one-liners—it's writing code that won't make your future self contemplate a career change when you revisit it in six months.