Topic: ai slop

Rethinking Code Review in the Era of AI

AI has promised to help developers move faster without sacrificing quality, and on many fronts, it has. Today, most developers use AI tools in their daily workflows and report that it helps them work faster and increase code output. In fact, our developer survey shows nearly 70% of developers feel that AI agents have increased … continue reading

Great documentation takes more than AI

Documentation used to support the product. Today, it’s fundamental to the product experience, especially as AI becomes the primary way people learn, search, and decide. For many users, documentation is the first (and sometimes only) way they evaluate, adopt, and successfully use what you’ve built. As the use of AI has grown, documentation has also … continue reading

The cost of AI slop in lines of code

Decades ago, we abandoned the practice of measuring developers for the number of lines of code they developed.  We realized it was too easy to game the system by writing bloated code that reduced value rather than increased it.  The best developers, who made code smaller, faster, and easier to maintain, were penalized, because they … continue reading

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