Fragments (pieces of I read) - 03.2026

(Inspired by Martin Fowler ) Some pieces from Stop Sloppypasta I thought were interesting: Too long, didn’t read: slop·py·pas·ta n. Verbatim LLM output copy-pasted at someone, unread, unrefined, and unrequested. From slop (low-quality AI-generated content) + copypasta (text copied and pasted, often as a meme, without critical thought). It is considered rude because it asks the recipient to do work…