Code has a shape. If you zoom out and squint, you can see the "texture" of a file. This texture is often the biggest giveaway of whether a human or a machine wrote it.
The Shape of AI
AI code tends to be:
• **Uniform**: Blocks are of similar size.
• **Dense**: High density of comments to code.
• **Vertical**: Lots of newlines, spacing things out unnecessarily.
It looks like a textbook example. It's the "Lorem Ipsum" of programming.
The Shape of Human
Human code is:
• **Jagged**: A one-line helper function next to a 50-line complex algorithm.
• **Sparse**: Comments only where necessary.
• **Horizontal**: Humans love one-liners, ternary operators, and chaining methods if it makes the logic flow better.
Visualizing the Vibe
Think of code as music.
• **AI** is a metronome. Tick. Tick. Tick. Perfect rhythm, no soul.
• **Human** is Jazz. Syncopated. Fast runs. Slow ballads. Unexpected changes.
Developing Your Texture
Don't be afraid to break the "rules" of clean code if it makes your code more readable *to you*.
• Group related variables together, even if it breaks alphabetical order.
• Use whitespace to separate logical "paragraphs" of code, not just every line.
• Delete code. The best texture is often negative space.