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Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:19AM (#48104147)
A lot of people write articles, then use an LLM to sum it up.

I do that for most of my docs because I ramble.

I prefer my rambling, but I think others like the tidied up LLM summary.

How does this document score - just wrote it today, used Gemini to sum it up: https://github.com/cuzzo/clear/blob/master/docs/retrospectiv...

Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by sshine on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:47AM (#48105403)
I do LLM scaffolding, fill in my words, then pass over it manually.

On my worst, I rant worse than listening to an LLM.

When I make an effort, my personality comes through at no cost to the reader.

So far I haven't found a prompt that can impersonate me properly. I'm open to it.

Seeding it with a handful of my favorite articles gets me halfway, but the editing is still needed.

Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by duskdozer on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:43AM (#48104638)
I basically don't read anything that looks LLM-generated at this point, so I'd prefer that you included your rambling version alongside if you still want to have a generated version.
Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by onlyrealcuzzo on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:42AM (#48107436)
The great part about Git History is that the rambling typo filled version is available if you want it!

https://github.com/cuzzo/clear/commit/8c8a50f1d2c8fa2e8dca64...

Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by joquarky on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:41AM (#48109015)
There is a subtle hubris in the attempt to wrap reality around one's own preference rather than the one adapting their own perceptions to match reality.
Re:Fake building: Claude wrote 3k lines instead of import py... by dayjaby on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @01:31AM (#48104555)
You seem to like SQL, don't you? Your README reads a bit fallacious: Just because SQL is a great alive language, it doesn't make your language a great one. I think it's called survivor bias.