Have you noticed that LLMs leave comments in the code that make it harder for it to self correct? If you notice some unexpected behavior and ask it to explain, it tells you what it did, and if you tell it to implement it differently, even with detailed instructions, it will dive into the code, read its previous incorrect comments and supersede your instructions.

You’ll notice this when you get fed up from going in circles, go peek under the hood and notice it’s been trying to implement your changes while preserving the comments it left before. You’ll even notice it adds to those comments and the code starts creating weird complex branches and abstractions and remains incorrect.

I am now telling it to not leave any comments in the code, but make the code itself be self documenting and clear. No comments.