Slop is code you can't work with

(dwyer.co.za)

1 points | by sixhobbits 6 hours ago ago

1 comments

  • sixtyj 6 hours ago

    Slop rhymes with a flop.

    Since Nov 30, 2022 I have written a lot of “slopped code” and I can confirm that code was unreadable after a week or two - I don’t remember what it was about, even with documentation.

    It was a code written by a foreigner.

    I think that a lot of programmers/coders had this feeling previously before AI - it is normal for coders as for writers that they don’t read their own work.

    But with manually written code the oblivion happens after a long time.

    So AI-assisted code isn't just written quickly - it's written too quickly, so almost no one is able to work with it in the second round.

    It is probably skill issue in my case :) but kudos to all the exceptions.