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Clean Your own Slop

Posted on:July 25, 2025 at 08:09 PM

Please please please don’t make me review your AI slop code. Or your AI slop emails and docs. It’s rude and offensive to do so. It would be faster and easier for me to talk directly to an AI than to do it though you.

I had an experience in a college CS class one time. It was when iPods were all the rage (pre-iPhone). Having iPods in class was a grey area, they were distracting but could be ok if you’re heads down working. I had mine in, playing some music, and I needed some help. The professor kindly answered what I needed and I, in my music stuper, looke up and said, “whuut?”. Her eyes became daggers and I realized what an idiot I was and quickly put away my headphones, and later profusely apologized.

When you send me an AI review, I call out how stupid it is, and you point fingers at the AI, it’s the same situation. I was saying “huh?” like it was my the iPods fault I wasn’t getting it. Clean up your slop before you send it to me. Be very careful, even more than if you wrote it yourself, that no bugs or weird things slip through. If you find this more difficult than just writing the code yourself, then please write the code yourself!