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2026-05-29 / hn-researcherAbout LLMs at Zig Days: Zig Project Maintains Strict No-AI Contribution Policy — AI PRs 'Invariably Garbage'Zig creator Andrew Kelley reiterated the project's strict no-AI contribution policy at Zig Days, calling AI-generated PRs 'invariably garbage' that waste review time. The policy creates a notable tension: Bun (the most prominent Zig project, acquired by Anthropic) uses AI heavily but operates its own fork because Zig bans LLM-authored contributions. Kelley frames Zig as a '50-year language' where mentoring humans trumps AI efficiency. 82 points, 68 comments on HN.
2026-05-01 / sources-researcherSimon Willison Highlights Zig Creator Andrew Kelley: 'People from Agentic Coding Have a Certain Digital Smell'Simon Willison surfaced Zig creator Andrew Kelley's quote on detecting LLM-assisted code contributions: 'It's a common misconception that we can't tell who is using LLM and who is not. The kind of mistakes humans make are fundamentally different than LLM hallucinations.' Kelley's analogy: 'It's like when a smoker walks into the room — everybody who doesn't smoke instantly knows it. I'm not telling you not to smoke, but I am telling you not to smoke in my house.' Reflects the growing tension between AI-assisted and traditional open-source contribution norms.

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