Some of the aphorisms and cheap philosophies people apply to programming are so contrary to common sense it makes me wonder how they got into the business of writing programs to begin with. Writing code without comments is like writing a novel with no exposition. Writing code with too many comments is like writing a novel that is all exposition. Aristotle remains correct in the world of software insofar as moderation is still key. You want just enough exposition so that your reader knows what the hell is going on and not so much that they get bored.