That's because the purpose of code is to be used, not to be read.

The only purpose of the written word is to be read.

The purpose of writing is to get your thoughts across in words. A prompt sufficient enough to get out an article with zero chance of it adding things you don't mean has to contain as much information as the article itself would. Just write the article.

> I do not see the difference between writing code and writing prose.

That’s the problem.

Slop is slop.

We are not okay with slop code. There was healthy and widespread dissent in 2024 and beginning of 2025. Ycombinator cracked down on the dissent first by installing another moderator and then by downranking and banning anti-AI people.

What you read here are bots and those invested in AI and an occasional retired person who uses AI as a crutch.