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Post by okchildhood » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC

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Post by mrks_hy » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

I swear to god, these uniform AI-driven low effort article intros really get to me: Not X, but Y!

Word. After more Words. With. Full stops.

Have some pride, at least use a prompt to get rid of this generic lack of style.

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Post by xnorswap » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

This entire article is in Claude's voice too, so I guess the author keeps choosing Claude for their blog writing too.

I'd rather read 2 short paragraphs of the authors' original ideas than the neatly presented expansion into a dozen paragraphs of ridiculously short staccato sentences.

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Post by stephc_int13 » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC

ai;dr

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Post by xnx » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 1:09 PM UTC

> Why Developers Keep Choosing Claude over Every Other AI

Bandwagon effect. Very few developers have formal evals to compare models or have done blind tests.

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Post by baal80spam » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

mrks_hy wrote: post #2

I swear to god, these uniform AI-driven low effort article intros really get to me: Not X, but Y! Word. After more Words. With. Full stops. Have some pride, at least use a prompt to get rid of this generic lack of style.

My CEO writes such messages. It's so cringe.