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by topaz0 1047 days ago
It's not clear whether you're referring to the HN post title or the article title itself ("Putting the You in CPU"). In either case I think your proposed edit makes it much worse.

The HN post title is accurate and describes what they did. It makes a choice to center the writer rather than the guide, which has certain consequences about how readers will approach it, but is perfectly appropriate. Of course, your proposed edit makes the same choice, and is arguably more of a brag than the original.

The article title is cute, which is not what you would want for a dry technical manual but appropriate in this case, where the style is supposed to be fun and entertaining as well as informative.

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The HN title I meant!