alt Hacker NewsIf you let it, Claude Code will write a comment for almost every single line of code.
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mikepurvis • today at 3:13 PM
# Assign value of x to y
y = xIf you let it, Claude Code will write a comment for almost every single line of code.
# Assign value of x to y
y = x
Even if you try to get them to not, they will still overcomment the code. Or at least overcomment it from the perspective of a human. From the perspective of the LLM, I suspect the comments are necessary for it to be able to get the code output correct.