AI slop in technical writing is a leading indicator of a new medium, says dev
threepointone · x · 2026-09-06
Developer threepointone offers a contrarian take: the flood of AI-generated 'slop' technical writing is a leading indicator of a new medium/format for expressing ideas — we'll look back on this era the way we now regard hand-written assembly.
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