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It lets you understand the code base at reduced granularity when you want. Or zoom in beyond the written lines to explain _why_ some code is the way it is.
by esafak 6mo ago
It lets you understand the code base at reduced granularity when you want. Or zoom in beyond the written lines to explain _why_ some code is the way it is.
- chris_st 6mo agoI asked Claude to tell me why something was implemented the way it was, and got an excellent response. One data point, would love to hear more examples.
- rectang 6mo agoI agree, Claude has been pretty great at explaining code. It even does well at explaining to me old code that I wrote by hand — including both non-intuitive quirks and flaws. Claude in its default configuration has untapped potential for explaining and documenting code because it defaults to writing no comments. I added this to my global CLAUDE.md and so far so good: # Comments Keep existing comments unless they're wrong or stale. Err slightly toward adding short explanatory comments for non-obvious code.
- chris_st 6mo agoAwesome, stealing that!
- ai_fry_ur_brain 6mo agoWhy not just read the code.. Ya'll are literally letting your brain atrophy by using llms this way.
- casper14 6mo agoHow do I know this comment isn't just AI?
- aspenmartin 6mo agoWhy not just read the assembly?
- andybak 6mo agoDespite you using "literally" purely for emphasis, I would dispute this based on both the literal and popular meaning of "literally".