Ruff author Charlie Marsh: we overestimate human code quality — especially our own
charliermarsh · x · 2026-09-13
Charlie Marsh, creator of Ruff and uv, agrees with the claim that much human code is worse than AI-generated code from top models, adding that we systematically overestimate the quality of human code — and overestimate our own code even more. Sparks debate on the real baseline for judging AI code quality.
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