I don't buy this. Claude doesn't usually have any issues understanding my code. It has tons of issues understanding its code.

The difference between my code and Claude's code is that when my code is getting too complex to fit in my head, I stop and refactor it, since for me understanding the code is a prerequisite for writing code.

Claude, on the other hand, will simply keep generating code well past the point when it has lost comprehension. I have to stop, revert, and tell it to do it again with a new prompt.

If anything, Claude has a greater need for structure than me since the entire task has to fit in the relatively small context window.