Before AI Slop most code quality that ran in production was shit, that's the GP's point.
Anyone who thinks otherwise simply did not have to come in contact with a wide variety of code in their job.
First and foremost you should endeavor to be a human, and The Onion does not owe you a thing. It's not a joke anymore, its a class ware and genocide that they are reporting on with headlines that make you cringe.