A programming book’s anti-slop lessons land even harder in the agentic era
tdhopper · x · 2026-07-29
- The author says this is one of their all-time favorite programming books and that it feels even more relevant in the agentic era.
- Their review agents reportedly follow many of the book’s guidelines.
- The key takeaway is a higher bar for software quality: the book argues against shallow modules, premature abstraction, and “slop” shipping.
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