Code _can_ be expressive but it also can not, it depends on its purpose.

Some code I cobbled together to pass a badly written assignment at school. Other code I curated to be beautiful for my own benefit or someone else’s.

I think the better analogy in writing would be… using an LLM to draft a reply to a hawkish car dealer you’re trying to not get screwed by is absolutely fine. Using it to write a birthday card for someone you care about is terrible.

All code is expressive, if a person emitted it, it is expressive about their state of mind, their values and their context.