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I have to scroll pages and pages to discover the answer: take risk and sell fixed price because that’s what customers want and differentiate you from the rest of the freelancers.

The whole article feels like asking GPT to add filler for the first 3 pages.

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I think the opening sections were necessary to define terms and clarify why an extremely well established system (hourly billing) might not be a good thing. It’s a nuanced argument and requires some verbiage. Maybe it could have been cut down a bit but I think it was important to include.

Standard SEO playbook - 1,000 words frontloaded with keyword-laded filler.

It's particularly banal when it comes to recipes. "What is a cheeseburger receipe? Why would you want to cook a cheeseburger? What's the best approach to planning the best cheeseburger recipe? What cheeseburger equipment is required for the best cheeseburger? Oh, and here's the best cheeseburger recipe you were searching for."

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