I think color schemes that make comments nearly invisible are just bad. Visual Studio's default color schemes have it right. Comments are not treated as lesser

I think color schemes that make comments nearly invisible are just bad. Visual Studio's default color schemes have it right. Comments are not treated as lesser than anything else. As long as they aren't being placed every couple of lines they shouldn't really be a nuisance when reading through code. And to me not updating the comments is the same as not updating the name of a variable when its purpose changes. The compiler doesn't care that you didn't update the name, but people reading the code do. Also when it comes to "future you", you basically should think of yourself in the future as a different person. Because unless you are constantly working with the same bits of code, you will forget details and possibly even the high-level.