I gave SLOP a new job.
Start. Learn. Overcome. Play.
We’re taking the word back for people who want to make things. A first attempt doesn’t have to be brilliant to be worth making. You don’t need somebody else’s permission to begin.
The tiny game. The comic about your extremely specific obsession. The website for a club with seven members and a questionable logo. Make the small version. See what happens.
If it’s wonky, congratulations: you have something to improve. The second version has been waiting very patiently for the first one to exist.
Someone finally made the thing
This is the part I care about: somebody has wanted to make something for years, gets some help, and finally makes it.
Simon Willison revisited his 2022 Raccoon Heist concept in 2026 and made an AI-assisted browser-game experiment you can actually play. He’s an experienced programmer, and his account includes rough edges. A playable first version gave the idea somewhere to go.
The writer behind Becky Breaks Things says she wanted CountWhen for ten years before building it with AI. She had prior tech experience, but no mobile-development experience. Her account includes setup, testing and revisions. Help didn’t make the work disappear. It helped her get to do it.
These are two people’s projects, not a promise that every AI-assisted attempt will be good. They’re a reason to let people begin.
One ground rule. Everybody gets it.
Wheaton’s Law: don’t be a dick.
That includes AI enthusiasts. Jobs, pay and consent matter. If someone is worried about losing work or having their work used without permission, listen. A nice-looking website doesn’t settle those questions.
It includes critics, too. Nobody owes a project attention, praise or free coaching. If feedback is welcome and you feel like giving it, offer a next step: the text is hard to read, the button doesn’t work, this claim needs a source.
A maker’s tool inventory is not an entrance exam. Judge what’s there. Be specific. Basic decency is a much smaller ask than applause.
And the reclaimed name isn’t a loophole for sneering at somebody else’s work. We’re giving it a positive job. Keep it there.
I say plainly on the site that AI was involved in 100% of it. I set the direction and take responsibility for what appears there. That’s my voluntary disclosure, not a rule other makers have to follow.
Go make the thing
Read the declaration, then try the five small first steps.
Pick something you’d enjoy even if nobody else saw it. Ask for help. Try it. Fix one part. Share when you’re ready—or keep it for yourself.
The moon can accommodate another questionable little website.
Go make yours.
