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Comment by asenna

1 day ago

Thanks for this! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Tbh, I have a lot of thoughts and ideas and things to share and I do spend time and effort trying to de-AI-ing it but this should help a lot.

I'll try it out.

In fact, I was expecting getting shit on by HN readers for this but was pleasantly surprised that readers moved past it.

Yeah I think you'll find these days that there's a lot of respect for substance like what you're doing, even past the noise of the AI. I also use a lot of AI but you really have to demand quality from it, whether it's writing, media, or code. It's clear you've got the taste from your media work, and we're all still learning as we go, so I'm very glad that I could point you in that direction.

  • I'm curious: how, exactly, did it go from this is painful to read due to AI, to no one cares about AI use and you demanded quality when you used it and delivered?

    • It didn't, it went from "this reeks from AI after edits, here's a tool that can help" to "people can read past it but there are better ways, you must demand quality". I don't think those two things are inconsistent.

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if you care for some feedback about the writing, dropping the link and saying "PR's are open!" would land probably equal or better, and would reduce noise on the message. as sibling said, substance and noise

  • Agreed.

    To be honest, my literal thought process initially when writing was: - I think this is cool, I should probably open source this - No wait, I'm again over planning, no one's gonna read this and the problem is probably too specific to me for anyone to care.

    So I just mentioned "lets compare notes if anyone else trying".

    Hence you can see from the comment above, I immediately realized I made a mistake when the parent asked for the Skill file. Should've had the link ready. Pleasant surprise.

They haven't: this is the top thread, and the entire threads is saying its unreadable and explaining step by step how to do the basics you should have done before you posted. I'm not sure why you're pleasantly surprised, I would have expected embarrassed, and taken down the HN post to get at least the basics down before sharing it under my name (if possible, dunno how HN submissions work)

  • Unfortunately will have to disappoint you, can't get embarrassed easily. In fact when all of this worked well locally, felt pretty proud ngl.

    • It's quite sad that you're feeling pride largely for your ability to write a prompt, and it's sadder that you're being snarky with someone who expects more from HN users.

      Your behaviour is not affecting the HN community in a positive way.