Two Years of Emacs Solo: 35 Modules, Zero External Packages, and a Full Refactor
14 points by sjamaan
14 points by sjamaan
This is a really interesting concept, and I really don't want to come across like "that guy," but I didn't even make it halfway before the LLM-isms got so bad I couldn't care to continue. I think the post was originally written by a human author and just excessively edited but there are parts where its hard to tell. And honestly, I get it, editing by hand can be hard and takes time, but I would rather read an unpolished draft of this blog post instead of what happened here. This style of ai-slopified editing makes it really hard to feel like the author cares at all about what they're writing and publishing.
Sadly I have seen this done by many people. Once I saw someone stick their email to a hiring manager through an LLM and it completely changed their style and tone. I asked them why, with the claim their original was better/more representative of them. They responded that AI makes it "sound better." I didn't reply.
I'm honestly sympathetic to ESL/non-native speakers using LLMs for reformulation, but I wish we could get a terse/Elements of Style S&W system prompt that doesn't overuse emphasis everywhere and have that weird assistant tone.