--- title: AI slop is the new TLDR | daily.dev description: Calling AI generated code 'slop' is often just a new way of saying TLDR, says Graham Dumpleton. The dismissal usually comes before anyone has actually read the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-slop-is-the-new-tldr-gm6eqw3gf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI slop is the new TLDR | daily.dev og:description: Calling AI generated code 'slop' is often just a new way of saying TLDR, says Graham Dumpleton. The dismissal usually comes before anyone has actually read the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-slop-is-the-new-tldr-gm6eqw3gf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GM6eqW3Gf.png og:image:alt: AI slop is the new TLDR og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI slop is the new TLDR **[Planet Python](https://daily.dev/sources/planetpython)** · 11 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Calling AI generated code 'slop' is often just a new way of saying TLDR, says Graham Dumpleton. The dismissal usually comes before anyone has actually read the code, mirroring how the code itself was often generated without being read. He links this to 'comprehension debt', the growing gap between how much code exists and how much of it anyone understands. The approach that has worked best for him so far is to have the AI generate hands-on workshops teaching how the software works, built on his Educates training platform or JupyterLab workshop extension, then work through them himself like a new employee onboarding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is comprehension debt in the context of AI generated code? Comprehension debt is the growing gap between how much code exists in a system and how much of it any human actually understands. It accumulates quietly as AI generates more code than anyone has time to review or learn, much like technical debt, until something breaks and nobody knows where to start. _Developers managing AI-heavy codebases can follow ongoing coverage of this tension on daily.dev._ ### What is agentic engineering? Agentic engineering describes a way of working where a developer is mostly no longer writing code directly, but orchestrating AI agents that do the writing while providing oversight. The comparison is to a conductor of an orchestra, who doesn't play every instrument but still needs deep grounding in the fundamentals to know when something is wrong. _Anyone adapting their workflow to agentic engineering can track how the practice evolves on daily.dev._ ### How can I make sure I actually understand code an AI agent generated for my project? One approach is to have the AI generate hands-on, interactive workshops teaching how to use the software it built, then work through them yourself as if onboarding at a new job. Because workshop steps are actually executed, they behave like tests: a failing step reveals a real bug rather than a documentation typo, and the AI can be told to flag problems it hit while generating the workshop. _Developers building a personal workflow for reviewing AI-written code can compare approaches on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Slop Is Not Necessarily The Future](https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-not-necessarily-the-future-8vyqoosbm) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [From AI Slop to AI Empowerment: Raising the Bar for Open-Source Contribution](https://daily.dev/posts/from-ai-slop-to-ai-empowerment-raising-the-bar-for-open-source-contribution-xabmvlka6) · Scott Logic · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [BI Slop](https://daily.dev/posts/bi-slop-1aiegfdlk) · Ibrahim Diallo · 7 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#code-review](https://daily.dev/tags/code-review) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-slop-is-the-new-tldr-gm6eqw3gf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AI slop is the new TLDR","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-slop-is-the-new-tldr-gm6eqw3gf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ai-slop-is-the-new-tldr-gm6eqw3gf"},"datePublished":"2026-10-27T01:50:01.299Z","dateModified":"2026-10-27T01:50:38.709Z","description":"Calling AI generated code 'slop' is often just a new way of saying TLDR, says Graham Dumpleton. 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