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0 pointsjen201mo ago0 comments

Also unintentionally reveals something:

> Write commit messages as a human developer would — describe only what the code change does.

That's not what a commit message is for, that's what the diff is for. The commit message should explain WHY.

Sadly not doing that likely does indeed make it appear more human...

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I wager that "describe only what the code change does" was someone's attempt to invert "don't add the extra crap you often try to write", not some 4d chess instruction that makes claude larp like a human writing a crappy commit message.

nightpool1mo ago

Yes, this is a trend I've noticed strongly with Claude code—it really struggles to explain why. Especially in PR descriptions, it has a strong bias to just summarize the commits and not explain at all why the PR exists.

joquarky1mo ago

The question "why" is always answered with post-hoc rationalizations. This applies to both LLMs and humans.

nightpool1mo ago

No, I think a lot of humans can explain why they're adding a new button to the checkout page, or why they're removing a line from the revenue reconciliation job. There's always a reason a change gets made, or else nobody would be working on it at all :)

joquarky1mo ago

Try meditating until you discover the source of internal dialogue.

embedding-shape1mo ago

Yeah, that was my reaction too. A shame they try to hide themselves, but even worse, the instructions to this "Fake Human" is wrong too!

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hombre_fatal1mo ago

nightpool1mo ago

joquarky1mo ago

The question "why" is always answered with post-hoc rationalizations. This applies to both LLMs and humans.

nightpool1mo ago

joquarky1mo ago

Try meditating until you discover the source of internal dialogue.

embedding-shape1mo ago

Yeah, that was my reaction too. A shame they try to hide themselves, but even worse, the instructions to this "Fake Human" is wrong too!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse