There is nothing wrong with using AI.

What I don't like is to see claims like "no AI slop"

And yet it's riddled with emdashes and language "by hand"

Seeing the skills of the writer, he definitely should be able to, but then I don't understand the claim.

I don’t know. Em-dashes are normal punctuation. The prose on the site doesn‘t strike me as particularly AI-y, but of course I might be wrong. Generally speaking, if the person wants to not use AI and tell people that, thats fine by me too.

We're getting to the point that building something with AI doesn't really indicate skill. So, for a prestige project, there is great value in avoiding AI use.

From the article they list a bunch of arbitrary constraints...

> If this sounds unreasonable to you, that is because it is.

Those listed, are tame. I don't understand this kind of faux modesty.

> My goal was to build a complete, shippable first-person shooter using techniques that were common in the early 90s

Goes on to explain how they used 3D blender...which wasn't available until 1998.

A vanity cat project being tailored and submitted for nostalgia clickbait. I don't think there's anything useful to take away from this other than some color shade selection ideas.