diff --git a/src/tangerine.cpp b/src/tangerine.cpp
index e1c1d07..e6aaa91 100644
--- a/src/tangerine.cpp
+++ b/src/tangerine.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ initLights(MemoryArena* arena, GLContext* gl_ctx, u32 max_lights)
 {
 	// FIXME: revisit for 'Scene' abstraction
 
-	// TODO: we need a way to do this automatically somehow
 	LightsBuffer* lb = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, LightsBuffer, 1);
 	lb->buf_size = 8 * sizeof(u32) // NOTE: 'header'
 				+ 6 * max_lights * sizeof(glm::vec4); // NOTE: vector arrays
diff --git a/src/tangerine.h b/src/tangerine.h
index 0863491..3e38f6b 100644
--- a/src/tangerine.h
+++ b/src/tangerine.h
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ struct GLClearColor
 // 	pointers are required to start on 16 byte boundaries as per layout std140,
 // 	so there may be some padding added between the 'header', and the start of
 // 	the arrays
+// NOTE: this is also very fragile. Since c/c++ doesn't support reflection, we
+// 	need to manually update 'initLights()' if we ever update this structure.
+// 	And remember to update the 'padding' if the number of 'header' attributes
+// 	change
 struct LightsBuffer
 {
 	u32 buf_size;