Ask HN: Why/how do you use LLMs to draft tech blogs?

2 points by cyndunlop 33 days ago | 1 comment

I want to understand why/how people use LLMs to write tech blogs…not LLM-shaming, just genuinely curious. If you've tried it at least once, please respond to this 2-minute anonymous survey: https://forms.gle/RAK8sTPF8Ey24Ehs6 and also discuss here. I'll write up the results and share.

mindcrime 33 days ago |

I don't. While I'm as big an advocate for AI as anyone you're likely to meet, there are very pointedly things I don't use AI for. And one is "writing for me". I refuse to do it as a matter of principle, because I consider it very important that anything I write is very authentic and written in my voice. I would rather accept some grammar and spelling mistakes, or an awkward sentence here and there, or whatever, than risk having my writing feel artificial.

Of course the downside is that I'm not able to churn out as much "stuff" as people who do use AI for that purpose. So my blog[1], for example, hasn't had a new post submitted in months. I have 5 or 6 posts in WIP status, but they'll be finished when they're finished.

NOTE: I will use AI to do background research, gather references, etc., etc. But the actual writing stays all me.

[1]: http://philliprhodes.name/roller