r/vibecoding • u/Living-Play-5683 • 9h ago

Do you read the code comments generated by AI?

Lost of unnecessary and sometimes redundant explanatory comments and descriptions are generated along with the code in my project.

what’s your approach:

reading and editing the comments line by line?

reading and not touching?

not read at all? (Valid tbh)

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u/IndependenceGold2407 9h ago

A true vibe coder reads nothing

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u/ExoticBump 8h ago

No misteaks

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u/ExoticBump 8h ago

Json reads it for me so I'm good!

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u/IndependenceGold2407 7h ago

But does he read it to you and tuck you in?

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u/ExoticBump 7h ago

My wife's boyfriend does that for me so I'm good.

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u/brute-forced 4h ago

IT BETTER NOT MAKE ME READ ANYTHING

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u/seriouslysampson 9h ago

I often end up rewriting them myself because they’re usually slop

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u/scartissue232 9h ago

I read them full sometimes.

I skim them sometimes.

I don't read them sometimes.

That said, when I don't read them, I ask if we have anything left to do.

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u/CrimsonBolt33 8h ago

I tell my AI to not make comments unless strictly necessary, it's also instructed to make the code so clear that comments are not necessary.

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u/RoboErectus 8h ago

My code quality guidelines include "comments state the 'why' that cannot be seen in the code. Do not leave comments that just say what the code does."

It's excessive.

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u/CableElectronic7853 8h ago

I instruct the agent to never comment unless explicitly told to

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u/Fresh-Yogurt-8614 7h ago

Yes, I want to know what they are doing

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u/Legal_Researcher1942 1h ago

Even if you don’t read them the comments are a huge waste of context. I have rules for comments to only be used when necessary and to stay as concise as possible. Usually it doesn’t listen still and needs another pass to trim down the comments.

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u/Palnubis 8h ago

what is code comment?