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

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  1. saulpw · · focus · HN ↗
    It's tricky because I don't want to write what no one is going to read (but that for some reason I'm required to write).
    1. CuriouslyC · · focus · HN ↗
      Nobody is going to read anything regardless of whether you used a LLM to write it or not (but if you use a LLM they'll use that as their excuse for the virtue signalling aura farm), so honestly why bother writing.
      1. Leynos · · focus · HN ↗
        If it's written down in a form that can't be repudiated, a succinct message to any stakeholders covering any decision of substance is good practice. They might not read it, but they cannot pretend I did not make a good faith attempt to inform them.

        (And I try to be judicious about what counts as "of substance" so they can't accuse me of flooding them with messages)

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