Ask HN: Why is cursor / Claude Code is so bad at generating readmes?

4 pointsposted 13 days ago
by yakshithk_

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3 Comments

al_borland

12 days ago

My guess would be that it’s because it has the code, not the reasons why the code exists or how it might fit into the bigger picture.

MattGaiser

13 days ago

What do you find to be the issue with them? They are a bit unnaturally written, but seem to be servicable?

idontwantthis

12 days ago

Is it because you know what you care about in the repo and it doesn’t?