Software Engineering on Terminal Warshttps://terminalwars.com/tags/software-engineering/Recent content in Software Engineering on Terminal WarsHugo -- gohugo.ioenender@terminalwars.com (Ender)ender@terminalwars.com (Ender)© 2013-2026 Terminal WarsSun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400Should You Write Code Comments for Your AI? What the Research Actually Sayshttps://terminalwars.com/posts/should-you-comment-code-for-ai/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400ender@terminalwars.com (Ender)https://terminalwars.com/posts/should-you-comment-code-for-ai/LLMs lean hard on code comments when they reason about code. But nobody has actually tested whether beginner-friendly comments help an AI agent modify a real, multi-file codebase. Here’s what 6 papers and the developer community had to say.