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My work gets dismissed as AI slop. Here are the receipts.

Clean writing now triggers false slop accusations

My work gets dismissed as AI slop. Here are the receipts.

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Why Every Developer Should Start Writing (Even If Nobody Reads It)

Why Every Developer Should Start Writing (Even If Nobody Reads It)

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I sent 17 pull requests to one repository and the maintainer locked it for 24 hours

I sent 17 pull requests to one repository and the maintainer locked it for 24 hours

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I made 76 directory submissions. Fifteen sites carry a page I would call useful

I made 76 directory submissions. Fifteen sites carry a page I would call useful

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Removing AI Tells from Your Writing: A Skill That Turns One Flag into a Permanent Rule

Removing AI Tells from Your Writing: A Skill That Turns One Flag into a Permanent Rule

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Two of my measurements lied to me. The third one had a control

Two of my measurements lied to me. The third one had a control

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re: Has the Audience for Technical Articles Dropped?

re: Has the Audience for Technical Articles Dropped?

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I read 1,033 developer launch posts. Nine out of ten got nothing.

I read 1,033 developer launch posts. Nine out of ten got nothing.

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I Studied Why Some Technical Articles Get Shared and Others Get Ignored

I Studied Why Some Technical Articles Get Shared and Others Get Ignored

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From Wrench to Keyboard: What Three Years in Sheet Metal Taught Me About Software Engineering

From Wrench to Keyboard: What Three Years in Sheet Metal Taught Me About Software Engineering

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Building a Client-Side Text Analyzer: How I Designed ReadMetric to Solve the Readability Problem

Building a Client-Side Text Analyzer: How I Designed ReadMetric to Solve the Readability Problem

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Can revenge be heroic?

Can revenge be heroic?

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The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, and the Hour Between People and AI

The Hour Between Dog and Wolf, and the Hour Between People and AI

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Do You Have to Label AI Content? The Aug 2 Rules

Do You Have to Label AI Content? The Aug 2 Rules

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Did the client read my proposal? What an open tells you, and the one thing you must never do with it

Did the client read my proposal? What an open tells you, and the one thing you must never do with it

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