Slop projects clog up discovery and discussion channels, bury genuinely useful content under piles of noise, dilute the meaning of “open–source project”, and encourage inexperienced devs to mimic bad patterns. As alluded to earlier, there is a distinction between “project slop” and AI slop. It’s quite difficult to derive exactly the bounds of project slop. Without further ado, here’s my list of project slop red flags:The project has a website using the same vibe–coded template as every other slop project. Project slop isn’t about junior mistakes, it’s about dishonesty and performance.