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I asked one of the juniors to write a short Wiki page providing a reference for the (simple) feature they've just delivered. They have very obviously pointed an LLM at it and it has now generated a Wiki page of about 4,000 words, and they want me to review it. Rejected. Try again.

I accept that many docs are demanded and never read; they are a perfect fit for an LLM. Looks impressive enough to pass the "do we have a doc for this?" test in the full and certain knowledge nobody will care what's in it, just that it exists. I don't ask people to write those docs, though.

Brown M&Ms test in action. What else did their cut corners on …