denarrate
Denarrate
Comments are a descriptive channel. They operate in the atemporal present. When narrative leaks in — sequence, causation, history — it violates the channel's discourse mode.
The Principle
Every artifact has one semantic role:
| Artifact | Role | Temporal mode |
|---|---|---|
| Code | What is | Present |
| Comments | Why it's surprising | Atemporal |
| Commits | What changed | Past |
| PRs | What to evaluate | Imperative |
Narrative belongs in commits and PRs. Comments that narrate are operating in the wrong discourse mode. They presuppose a temporal
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