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Thanks for the pointer - but nope, you're not right. I actually proof read what I publish, but I missed this one.

As I said, I built this for myself as a learning project, in German. Then I decided to share it, which meant: deliver it in English for a broader audience.

Yes, I use AI to generate documentation and translation. But don't judge me by that. Actually I am building and sharing, judge me by the quality of the tool.

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I apologize if this came across as an attack. I would just say that in a sea of slop, it’s really hard to invest the time it takes to judge the quality of an individual tool, and you might develop heuristics to survive. One useful heuristic is whether the documentation looks written by AI or not, because the level of attention paid to documentation often mirrors what you’d find in terms of software quality. If you want to stand out, you have to look like you’ve invested the time and effort to communicate to your reader that what you wrote is worth their precious time.

fair point, thanks for that advise!

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