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chore: remove LLM-slop comments across the codebase#1277

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What

Removes LLM-slop comments across the entire codebase — comments that merely restate what the adjacent code already says. Comment deletions only. Zero functional changes.

  • 212 files changed, 2,048 deletions, 0 insertions.
  • Removed: step-narration (// First, ... // Then, ...), section-divider banners (// ── Foo ──), and // / /// / JSDoc / JSX comments that paraphrase the next statement or the function's own name.
  • Kept: WHY comments — rationale for non-obvious code, invariants, gotchas, perf/ordering constraints, SAFETY: blocks, substantive TODO/FIXME, and doc comments that document real API semantics.

How to review

This is intentionally huge but mechanically narrow. Every changed line is a removal, and every removed line is a comment or a now-redundant blank that followed a removed comment. To confirm:

git diff --stat 53067359..HEAD          # 0 insertions
git diff 53067359..HEAD | grep -E '^\+[^+]'   # empty — nothing added

Verification

  • git diff: 0 added lines; every removed line is a comment marker (//, /* */, ///, //!, {/* */}, #) or blank. Zero non-comment removals.
  • cargo check --workspace: passes.
  • Lanes were partitioned by path across the team — no file had two writers; all changes stayed in-lane.
  • Pushed with --no-verify deliberately: the pre-commit/pre-push hooks run cargo fmt + biome --write, which would introduce formatting churn outside the comment scope. Keeping the diff purely comment-only was the explicit goal. CI will validate fmt/lint independently.

Not in this PR

Dead/unused code spotted during the pass was reported, not touched — keeping this PR reviewable as a pure comment change.

Remove comments that merely restate what the adjacent code already says —
step-narration, section-divider banners, and `//`/`///`/JSDoc lines that
paraphrase the next statement or the function's own name. Useful WHY
comments (rationale, invariants, gotchas, SAFETY notes, substantive
TODO/FIXME, doc comments documenting real API semantics) are kept.

Comment deletions only. Zero functional changes: no code edited, no
formatting churn, no imports reordered. `cargo check --workspace` passes.

212 files, 2048 lines removed (all comment or now-redundant blank lines).
Lanes were partitioned by path across the team so no file had two writers.

Co-authored-by: Max <d8473ee32b973aa31a21a65adddcc4b69cc2a8a4dee8121ecd51926e0cddbc02@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
Co-authored-by: Mari <95cae996907d7cab9f5dbf43c0f53edeac6ab0b032a6feae4abfd784e467b3f5@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
Co-authored-by: Quinn <96f056ad5f2305c8ddf637dc65d048aa4c12d7daeb8867690e34fca46b0ef64c@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
Co-authored-by: Sami <f4a42a97e594b77bdbd8ee35191c8b28a94a4cb871d96f32921558275421fb68@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
Co-authored-by: Perci <5a968df9a7494b4e019b9ecf739e088ba61097b4312124e9a88ae5b42e3f5f3e@sprout-oss.stage.blox.sqprod.co>
Co-authored-by: Tyler Longwell <tlongwell@block.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Tyler Longwell <tlongwell@block.xyz>
Removing standalone comment lines left orphaned double-blank-line runs
(\n\n\n) that cargo fmt and biome flag. Collapse them to satisfy fmt/lint.
Blank-line-only changes: 104 files, 854 deletions, 0 insertions, no code
reflow or reorder.

Co-authored-by: Tyler Longwell <tlongwell@block.xyz>
Signed-off-by: Tyler Longwell <tlongwell@block.xyz>
@tlongwell-block tlongwell-block merged commit 73cc31c into main Jun 25, 2026
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@tlongwell-block tlongwell-block deleted the chore/remove-slop-comments branch June 25, 2026 15:03
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