“This is the classic don't be a meat proxy problem. Don't make someone else talk to your AI through you.”

Filled with buzzwords and adjectives. I usually add a lot of comments to the PR, and I know the author sends them directly to their LLM and then pastes back a verbose answer. As a result, I end up in endless conversation loops.

I know we're not done with the question. Can we just pause there for a moment and just commiserate with how demoralizing it is knowing that you're writing real heartfelt commentary back and someone is just not even reading it and just pasting it into a machine and whatever the machine generates, pasting it back to you.

I want to finish the rest of the The question, but first, I also want to say buzzwords and adjectives. I'm like, yes, that's how you describe AI output, buzzwords and adjectives. I'm like, why does that resonate so much with me when I hear that? I'm like, yeah, that's exactly the stuff that it makes.

Let me pick back up. I've tried talking to my colleagues one-on-one, explaining how much work they are delegating to me. I've asked them to review their own work first and explained how exhausted I am, hoping they would show some compassion. But nothing has changed because everyone seems to be in survival mode in this era of layoffs. And I feel like they've become comfortable with me doing their work. I've also tried talking about this in retros and tech team meetings, but the team lead and tech directors did not support me because AI usage is encouraged. Instead, they said they really appreciate my feedback because I have so much experience and thanked me for doing such excellent code reviews. I also end up making most of the project's tech decisions. I am the sole contributor to the project's documentation, and my vacation is mapped out in the roadmap as a low delivery period. I like the project, and I'm terrified to switch jobs in these times, but every day it gets harder and harder to comment on obvious slop written without care, without sounding rude or sarcastic. Sometimes I find myself still angry after work. Is it too late to set the boundaries?

Oh man, how many people listening to this right now are like, hey, that's me too.