[acdha]

Also the merits of documentation and specs. It’s been eye-opening to see the subset of developers who were almost disdainful about writing documentation for their colleagues but are now tripping over themselves to do so for their clanker.

[Daishiman]

Agents read the docs. People don't. That's the underlying reason.

[simoncion]

> People don't.

People falling all over themselves to write docs for their pile-of-linear-algebra-with-a-smiley-face-painted-on-it [0] don't read the docs, no. People who give a shit about writing solid software that doesn't get them paged at three in the damn morning do.

[0] The face is there to provide social-trustworthiness signals to engage the human pack-bonding instinct, natch.

[simianwords]

Clanker is the new excuse to use hard R against something you don't like.

[acdha]

That’s a rather stunning comparison: racism is a problem because it’s unfairly treating sentient beings but a pile of linear algebra is not even sentient, much less your peer. That’s part of why I used the term: “agent” isn’t current because agents have, well, agency and can be held accountable.

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/5/26/clankers/

[dragonwriter]

Positing an equivalence between a dismissive term for AI bots and a racial slur against black people is, like, super racist.