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Feels ai generated and waste of time to read even though the topic could be interesting.

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I think English is not the first language of the author ("we are counting fingers and thumbs"?).

There's also a `Surprisingly written by a human :)` at the bottom.

yep, I'm Ukrainian

I strongly disagree. I found the whole article interesting and enlightening – I certainly wasn't aware of the topic before, and I'm glad it was posted on HN.

Furthermore, it didn't feel LLM-generated to me. Quirky, yes; nothing wrong with that.

Thanks! I believe blogs and indie products should have personality - otherwise it so easy to overlook them.

So surprised to see people saying this. AI articles tend to be soulless, smooth and samey, this one has quirk, nerdy charm and personality.

> Surprisingly written by a human :)

Article ends with this

A true surprise if so, but still low in informational density and annoying to read.

huh, sorry I'm really bad at writing - this is one of my first attempts

Your title promises a story about the spanish traders. It does not deliver, but talks about 3 other different topics that I'm not interested in and jumping between them to test my nerves. If it is about the architecture of whatever you are doing, put the architecture in the title and don't make your title an offhand comment somewhere there. Fucked up clickbite.

Yeah, sorry. It's kind of intentional. Did not want to give it a boring name like "Storing fractions vs decimals".

Clickbait is a thing and pisses people off.

Don't be. Keep writing! Boring people gonna be boring. I for one found it a fun article with a great title, and I also liked your other https://handson.money/blog/2026-05-20-ai-coding/

Thanks. After all I'm a human too. I'm prone to AI psychosis.

I really enjoyed the read. Not everything needs to be some sort of utilitarian information density optimized reading piece.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks!

You're not bad at writing. You have your own style. Keep it up! This was an interesting article.

Thanks :)

You're not. You're not bad at all. Please ignore the negatives here, they're certainly more a result of AI paranoia/fatigue than meaningful criticism.

Anyone reading this and who is complaining that it's too long and content-light? Respectfully, you really need to check yourselves, you're probably the one with the "internet brain" dopamine or whatever problem. This is NOT an unreasonable amount/style of words for what is said.

Yeah, I got an AI vibe off it too, and was surprised to find this. The problem is, to quote Orson Welles, "it's not as conversationally written. It's full if things that are only correct because they're grammatical, but it's tough on the ear, you see." AI writing bears a resemblance to the most insufferable marketing speak, so if you ape that kind of writing in an attempt to sound punchy or whatever, you're going to be accused of being a bot.

I think it's because thought-process is done in Russian, translated into English and the checked for grammar mistakes with Grammarly.

That would explain a lot. Grammarly went full LLM brainrot a few years back, so if you rely on its suggestions your writing will... sound a certain way.

I'm using a free version, so if an LLM suggestions slipped in - it only a couple of them.

I think its not.

It is :) No AI slop. I'm intentionally trying to write without LLM (my previous blog posts clearly disclose it).

(you mean it's _not_ AI generated)

Yeah this one is my attempt to write without LLMs rewriting my thoughts. P.S. Came to the decision after going through https://thebullshitmachines.com/

Curious what made you think it's AI slop?

the overwhelming desire to be an edgy edgelord

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