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Re:OpenLogi by ch4s3 on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:14PM (#49356202)
People realize, but writing good technical prose is hard and a separate skill.
Re:OpenLogi by demibabs on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:56PM (#49356550)
I don’t think it’s that hard; it just takes effort. And the effort is well worth it.
Re:OpenLogi by Tallain on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @12:43AM (#49356942)
It's not that hard if you put in the effort and practice.

But if you don't want to and still want to use an LLM, there are low-bar choices you can make (using a technical writing skill, using ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, choosing your audience, proofreading at the end with human eyes to make sure it makes sense and doesn't repeat itself uselessly).

I think it shows either a) low respect or consideration for your audience or yourself, or b) laziness.

Trust yourself to write even if it's bad. At least it's human.

Re:OpenLogi by km144 on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @12:36PM (#49363809)
I assure you it won't be as bad as this (answer to FAQ: "Will OpenLogi support Logitech Flow?")

> It's on the roadmap, at the far end: a cross-computer pointer and clipboard bridge is a very large feature. The half that lives in the protocol already ships. OpenLogi drives Easy-Switch host switching over HID++ (0x1814/0x1815), and paired mice follow the keyboard when it switches hosts. If the rest lands, it will be opt-in and local-network only.

A great example of why Claude's writing is terrible is the sentence "The half that lives in the protocol already ships". I cannot imagine any human writing this.

Re:OpenLogi by earth-tattoo on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @02:49AM (#49357826)
What is the point of spending so much effort if some people are still going to call it LLM slop?
Re:OpenLogi by demibabs on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @03:51AM (#49358364)
Huh? Bad human writers don’t write like LLMs, at all.
Re:OpenLogi by dawnerd on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @11:32PM (#49356376)
There's good technical prose on the site? It's all just fluff marketing that adds nothing.
Re:OpenLogi by andsoitis on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @01:05AM (#49357077)
> writing good technical prose is hard and a separate skill.

Hard things are hard. They’re not easy. But they’re worth it.

Re:OpenLogi by layer8 on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:41AM (#49358766)
Most worthwhile things are hard without a bit of practice.