Observers: Astra's boilerplate code is overly RL'd into unreadable code-golf
xeophon · x · 2026-09-06
Grant Slatton, with several concurring observers, notes Astra's nuts-and-bolts code is overly RL'd toward golfing: the model is clearly smart but inlines complex expressions into unreadable jumbles, calling for an 'astra-lint'. Sparks debate on how RL post-training distorts code style.
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