'AI slop' is just the automation line moving: from C++ to Unity to AI, argues veteran dev
FanaHOVA · x · 2026-10-24
fizzychicken pushes back on 'AI slop' discourse: 'C++ slop' was once the battle cry of 'real' coders, then came 'Unity slop' and 'Unreal slop' from hand-rolled engine purists. Now it's AI. His take: people draw a line in the abstraction hierarchy below which they happily automate tedium — the line just moved. Skilled people will still make superior software, and low-quality slop has existed since the birth of digital distribution decades ago.
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