Yep, there are some other tells but at least matches LLM style strongly. Worth remembering that dang is the top emdash user in HN history and might have been flagged as an AI just for that
I agree, I think this is AI, especially based on 1 and 2. It's hard to put your finger on, and I don't know if we can know for sure. It reminds me of the writing style you see on LinkedIn i.e. seemingly optimised for engagement.
If they're not already, I wonder if LLMs will get better at disguising this (avoiding the tells, inserting mistakes etc.)
I also wonder if there comes a point where we as a culture imitate this style.
TBH, I don't like AI-generated content much too, X and many other platforms were also flooded with those, which I tend to ignore. I guess I also fall into the rabbit hole myself with the aid of AI nowadays.
`Tests still passed. Build still passed. But now I have three files to maintain instead of one, and the "extensibility" will never be used.` sounds very LLM-like to me personally, but I wouldn't be willing to bet on it.
lol fair enough, I do tend to over-polish my wording a bit nowadays. Been dealing with this exact problem for the past few weeks. New account isn't a sin I suppose, I usually just browse around and decided to make this account few days ago.