Have you ever seen the following comment: /** * @author Some Awesome Programmer * */ I hate this comment, it doesn't give me any useful information, it's probably to old to give me any useful information, a lot of people have probably poked around in the code since it was originally written. What it

At times it can be tempting to hide minor problems with a catch all. You know, like pesky NPE's, if they don't really cause you any problems if they happen why shouldn't you just ignore them? It comes down to maintenance, the next developer that reads your code will think