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I don't want to read what you didn't write

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  1. blandcoffee · · focus · HN ↗
    I appreciate the direction of this article, and commend the author on publishing work, but the first sentence in the first paragraph is exactly what they lament.

    > A pattern I see is that people use AI to build something new, then they use AI to retrospectively summarize what they have already built into a design document. Reading a document like this isn’t just difficult—it is punishing.

    1. neynt · · focus · HN ↗
      To be quite generous, that could be tongue in cheek.
      1. hatthew · · focus · HN ↗
        That was my assumption. The alternative is that the author is a blatant hypocrite, which seems less likely given their blog's history.
        1. raincole · · focus · HN ↗
          > given their blog's history

          All of the posts in 2026 on that blog area about AI, by the way.

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