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The Optimal Amount of Slop Is Non-Zero

11 pointsby sltrtoday at 4:54 PM4 commentsview on HN

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finnthehumantoday at 6:02 PM

I think articles like this are roundabout arguing something different from their text.

It’s not about how much to half ass our hobby projects that were often halfassed without AI.

Over years professional development has reached many context-dependent equilibriums for the amount of quality to build into various types of software. Professionals are facing downward pressure on that equilibrium point - not just the faster iteration promised by AI.

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