Honeycomb CTO Charity Majors on AI slop: half the company is spitting mad
mipsytipsy · x · 2026-10-10
Honeycomb co-founder and CTO Charity Majors published "Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob," drawn from the company's "AI Norms and Values" research: half the company furious about AI slop and unread padded docs, the other half shipping faster with AI and resenting colleagues who hadn't adapted. She offers a framework for when AI involvement is additive versus a violation.
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