Meme: human-written code's signature is a stale README and 1207 TODO comments
JMateosGarcia · x · 2026-10-21
A viral programmer meme: identifying human-written code by its trail — an out-of-date README, no documentation, and 1207 TODO comments. "No AI has been used for this project" becomes the tell, poking fun at how human coding habits differ from AI-generated code.
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