Posts tagged AI Slop

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  Anyone Can Build It Now. Almost No One Finishes It Properly

  Engineering

  August 14, 2026

  8 min read

  You can build anything with AI now, so everyone is. I've been testing what they ship, and the same gaps keep showing up, no way to delete your account, privacy policies that never mention what the vendors do with your data, and welcome emails that break mid-sentence on a phone. Here is what finishing a product properly still takes.

  • AI Slop
  • Product Quality
  • Data Rights
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  I Tested a Viral AI App. Its Developer Never Even Logged In

  Engineering

  July 23, 2026

  6 min read

  A dementia-care app was spiking on the idea trackers, and it hit close to home, so I downloaded it. The developer's own email was hardcoded into the login, the settings were placeholders, and the data policy was a 404. Here is what that taught me about shipping AI slop, and why it left me strangely hopeful.

  • AI Slop
  • Product Quality
  • Customer Empathy