“Every now and then some Unicode hyphen character makes its way into comments.”

Julian Fong, a Pixar software engineer, reflects on the personality embedded in older codebases like RenderMan, contrasting it with modern AI-generated code that lacks individuality. He emphasizes that code can be a form of art, shaped by its creator's quirks, and shares anecdotes about recognizable coding styles, likening the experience to living in an old craftsman home.