Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by leesalminen on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:04AM
(#36020493)
I had the exact same thought after the first 2 sentences.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by loloquwowndueo on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:28AM
(#36020647)
For me the telltale was the last paragraph: summary starting with “Overall”.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by __s__ on Sunday May 21, 2023 @10:35AM
(#36021296)
I'm sorry. English is not my native language, and I lack confidence in it, so I used ChatGPT.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by maksimur on Sunday May 21, 2023 @10:43AM
(#36021418)
Would you mind sharing the prompts? My writing skills are horrible and I'm thinking about using LLMs to improve myself.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by samwillis on Sunday May 21, 2023 @11:20AM
(#36021861)
I'm Dyslexic and so also lack confidence in my writing. LLMs are transformative for people like us, if they had been around when I was at school it would have been an incredible experience.
I can also completely understand the motivation to use it on HN, when I make mistakes in my comments, stupid ones like using the wrong word, and then get called out it hurts.
Chin up, you built a useful tool!
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by tailspin2019 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @11:24AM
(#36021896)
Agreed! Context is important.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by layer8 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @01:14PM
(#36022930)
You could add “write this in the style of an ‘Show HN’ submission” to the prompt.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by Aachen on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:25PM
(#36026385)
If you just used it as translation service then I see no need to even bring it up, but if you wrote three lines of actual information and had a computer expand that to three paragraphs of text then it should be common courtesy to disclose that people are wasting their time reading the added boilerplate
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by lazyant on Sunday May 21, 2023 @12:28PM
(#36022505)
why would we care about the intentions or the tooling used for the HN post (or the project for that matter)? if they had used an English dictionary would we have a problem with this? I think we should judge these "Show HN" on their value like utility or novelty. Of course people posting their project to HN want advertising/free marketing.
I agree if this was one of those empty blog posts; if the whole post is an article generated by an LLM, by all means downvote.
Re:Show HN: A simple echo server for testing HTTP clients
by oneTbrain23 on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:53PM
(#36026538)
Grammar-Karen (21st equivalent of grammar-Nazi)? Simply because of chatgpt involvement doesn't deemed it not worthy of human intellect consumption. This post is way better than call centers response manuals even if it is 100% chatgpt generated. Robocalls and call centers scripts are written by humans and I doubt you can find anyone appreciate their literacy intellect value other than maybe those interested in that kind of business developments of their own.
While I understand the temptation to use LLMs, now I wonder if OP had a genuine intention in advertising their service here, or whether they just wanted free marketing without any effort on their part.