fighting slop with slop — Vaibhav Gupta, Boundary
Boundary ships a compiler without code reviews using AI-readable architecture docs as the invariant standard
“Code can be slop, writing cannot.”
Vaibhav Gupta describes how Boundary builds a programming language—where correctness is non-negotiable—with no code reviews and no mandated AI tooling by anchoring standards in a minimal, model-agnostic architecture.md file. The file captures only durable structural invariants so any agent or engineer can orient without lock-in to a specific AI tool. Their core rule—'code can be slop, writing cannot'—shifts quality enforcement from code review to design documentation, offering a replicable pattern for agentic engineering teams.