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		tinodb 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Field Notes from Shipping Real Code with Claude But why stick with the AIDEV- style? I mean, this is what comments are for: explaining the why that can’t be read from code. You could just make it a regular comment, right?

diwank 7 months ago [–]

yup but:

1. AIDEV-* is easier to visually distinguish, and

2. it is grep-able by the models, so they can "look around" the codebase in one glance

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