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I found this difficult to read due to the LLM-isms, but love the concept. Gentle feedback: take the time to write articles in your own voice.

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>Sentence fragment. Sentence fragment. Sentence fragment. That's not X, that's Y.

I can't even call this LLM smell at this point it's a stench.

If I had to characterize it, most minimally-prompted LLM prose has two issues:

- the writing always feels self-important. I would feel a lot more receptive if I perceived that the writer came from a place of humility

- like you pointed out, overuse of writing techniques that work best if used sparingly. Sentence fragments can be effective for emphasizing a point, but if you use it in every. Single. paragraph, the effect is gone. It’s very amateurish.

Thanks for the feedback :~)

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