AI code and software craftJan 25 2026Much has been said about audio, video and text "slop": low-quality, AI-generated content that has proliferated on the internet since the release of publicly-accessible AI models. On the other hand, for a platform whose primary goal is, well, music, AI is actively hostile, to the point that Bandcamp has banned it. Most large software systems are bad: bloated, poorly-designed, badly-documented, and so on. And we can continue to do not very good software much more quickly and effectively with AI. AI code may make garbage, mass-produced software more ubiquitous, but it may also free up a space for engineers seeking to restore a genuine sense of craft and creative expression in their programming work.