This is neat, though some of it (mutable defaults for example) are already covered by existing linters. I’d also look into pre-commit support as well.
AI coding assistants are productive but sloppy. They produce code that looks right but:
- Imports packages that don't exist - Uses placeholder functions that do nothing - Leaks patterns from JavaScript, Java, Ruby into Python - Leaves behind dead code and duplicates - Uses mutable default arguments
I built sloppylint to catch these "AI slop" patterns before they hit production.
pip install sloppylint
sloppylint .
This isn't a replacement for traditional linters - it catches the specific mistakes AI makes that humans wouldn't.
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This is neat, though some of it (mutable defaults for example) are already covered by existing linters. I’d also look into pre-commit support as well.
How did you decide on the patterns to check?
why