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 ## Coding Style
 
+* Comments should provide meaningful insights into the code. Avoid filler comments that simply describe the next step, as they create unnecessary clutter, same goes for docstrings.
+* Prefer comments to clarify surprising behavior and/or relationships between parts of the code rather than explain what the next line of code does.
+* Catching exceptions, prefer using a specific exception type rather than a broad catch-all like `Exception`.
+* Error messages should be prefixed with "Failed to ..."
 * 4 spaces for indentation rather than tabs
-* 80 character line length
-* ...
 
 ## Common Tasks