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Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

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Post by lostlogin »

davidw wrote: post #5

That's pretty interesting; I've always wondered about the internals of those things, as I stared at mine while pedaling up some steep grade. I'm also curious about what the electronic derailleurs and shifters run.

That’s a really good point.

They also never seem to fail (unless the batteries are flat).

Fun fact: my non e-bike has lots of batteries.

2 in the shifters 2 in the derailleurs 1 in the front light 1 in the rear light/radar 1 in the computer + phone AirPods (transparency mode!).

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#22

Post by [deleted] »

542458 wrote: post #13
procone wrote: post #8

I found this really hard to read due to the Claude-isms. "Classic" chicken and egg problem? 39 em-dashes, random numbered lists, etc. If you're not going to even bother to take the time to write an article, why should I waste my time reading it?

I mainly object to AI writing when it’s excessively verbose. This was pretty information dense, a few AI-isms didn’t make it a waste of my time to read.

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Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#23

Post by pityJuke »

542458 wrote: post #13
procone wrote: post #8

I found this really hard to read due to the Claude-isms. "Classic" chicken and egg problem? 39 em-dashes, random numbered lists, etc. If you're not going to even bother to take the time to write an article, why should I waste my time reading it?

I mainly object to AI writing when it’s excessively verbose. This was pretty information dense, a few AI-isms didn’t make it a waste of my time to read.

I've begun to find the writing style nauseating regardless of use, but yes, at least it isn't used to pad length.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#24

Post by akomtu »

procone wrote: post #8

I found this really hard to read due to the Claude-isms. "Classic" chicken and egg problem? 39 em-dashes, random numbered lists, etc. If you're not going to even bother to take the time to write an article, why should I waste my time reading it?

"How a Broken Bike Sync Led Me to Reverse Engineering My Wahoo's Hidden Debug Mode" - this is brain-dead AI slop right in the title.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#25

Post by davidw »

lostlogin wrote: post #21
davidw wrote: post #5

That's pretty interesting; I've always wondered about the internals of those things, as I stared at mine while pedaling up some steep grade. I'm also curious about what the electronic derailleurs and shifters run.

That’s a really good point. They also never seem to fail (unless the batteries are flat). Fun fact: my non e-bike has lots of batteries. 2 in the shifters 2 in the derailleurs 1 in the front light 1 in the rear light/radar 1 in the computer + phone AirPods (transparency mode!).

Yeah, the shifting with electronic components is so fast, easy and precise, but I don't love how many batteries are all over some of my bikes. I kind of enjoy bikes in order to get away from screens and tech and all that.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

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Post by lostlogin »

davidw wrote: post #25
lostlogin wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a really good point. They also never seem to fail (unless the batteries are flat). Fun fact: my non e-bike has lots of batteries. 2 in the shifters 2 in the derailleurs 1 in the front light 1 in the rear light/radar 1 in the computer + phone AirPods (transparency mode!).

Yeah, the shifting with electronic components is so fast, easy and precise, but I don't love how many batteries are all over some of my bikes. I kind of enjoy bikes in order to get away from screens and tech and all that.

Early on a Saturday morning, my bike computer popped up a notification, reminding me to finish my work shift from the day before.

Neat…

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

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Post by RickS »

Jtarii wrote: post #20
procone wrote: post #8

I found this really hard to read due to the Claude-isms. "Classic" chicken and egg problem? 39 em-dashes, random numbered lists, etc. If you're not going to even bother to take the time to write an article, why should I waste my time reading it?

Started reading, saw "That was it, That was the whole reason", closed the page.

Is that a claudeism? IMO that's a perfectly natural trope that'd be at home in my voice or any of a million generic blog people I've read since long before AI. It is a linguistic trope, sure, but that's an unrelated criticism.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

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Post by Sparkle-san »

RickS wrote: post #27
Jtarii wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Started reading, saw "That was it, That was the whole reason", closed the page.

Is that a claudeism? IMO that's a perfectly natural trope that'd be at home in my voice or any of a million generic blog people I've read since long before AI. It is a linguistic trope, sure, but that's an unrelated criticism.

The thing with all AI-isms is that they all started humans, but we're apparently not allowed to use them anymore. Emily Dickinson obsessed with em-dashes, now they belong to ChatGPT.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#29

Post by slopinthebag »

procone wrote: post #8

I found this really hard to read due to the Claude-isms. "Classic" chicken and egg problem? 39 em-dashes, random numbered lists, etc. If you're not going to even bother to take the time to write an article, why should I waste my time reading it?

Yeah, I saw an oddly placed rule-of-three and closed the tab.

This website is going downhill, almost every blog post I open is just blatantly AI generated these days. It's like people don't have any self-awareness anymore, they just lazily prompt their AI to generate a post and then pat themselves on the back lol.

Re: Welcome to Hell Developer

#30

Post by ChrisArchitect »

denysvitali wrote: post #7
ChrisArchitect wrote: post #6

Title is: How a Broken Bike Sync Led Me to Reverse Engineering My Wahoo's Hidden Debug Mode

Yes, less fun, sorry for the lack of 1:1 match

yeah, it was more about the complete lack of hint about what the article was about. Could've included a bit Wahoo Debug Mode or something
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