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I think we will need to find a way to communicate “this code is the result of serious engineering work and all tradeoffs have been thought about extensively” and “this code has been vibecoded and no one really cares”. Both sides of that spectrum have their place and absolutely will exist. But it’s dangerous to confuse the two

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There's a simple way to communicate it. Just leave in the emoticons added in comments by the LLM.

Wrote it initially as a joke, but maybe it's not that dumb? I already do it on LinkedIn. I'm job hunting and post slop from time to time to game LinkedIn algorithms to get better positioning among other potential candidates. And not to waste anybody's time, I leave in the emotes at beginning of sentences just so people in the know know it's just slop (so as not to waste their time).

Interesting thought. Yeah.. the whole LLM-generated thing might end up being a boon. It is (reasonably) distinctive. At least for now. And rightly or wrongly it triggers defensive reflexes

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