Lines of code (LoC) is being reframed as a useful signal for detecting AI-generated slop: when simple projects are noticeably bloated in LoC beyond what's expected, it's a red flag for low-quality, over-verbose code likely produced by AI tools.

lines of code has become a good metric now
i so often see simple projects that are noticeably way more LoC than i'd expect

great sign of slop

<p>lines of code has become a good metric now
i so often see simple projects that are noticeably way more LoC than i'd expect

great sign of slop</p>

kache

A tweet expressing that lines of code (LoC) has become a meaningful metric again, noting that many simple projects are noticeably bloated with more code than expected, implying this is a sign of AI-generated code quality issues.