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Cake day: November 5th, 2026

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  • From the blog:

    Needing so this many commits to undo the LLM slop means the developer does not have a clear mental model of what the earlier commits consist of.

    That’s a big leap in logic without supporting evidence. The author goes on to question dansup’s competence as a developer based on that, which is the dumbest metric you could have. You can measure devs by their output: quality, speed, correctness, beauty of their algorithms, success of their software (for many different ways of measuring success), etc.

    Back to LLM usage: it’s entirely possible he was dabbling in their use and this reaction led him to reevaluate his stance. I remember many public reactions specifically targeted at instructing him on why LLM usage is bad, with a respectful tone. It’s entirely likely he had a change of heart and sought to purge LLM presence from the project. Lots of people make mistakes, learn from them, and take steps to change. And that’s something to be praised, not vilified.