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AI doesn't actually make work easier, and using it should force you to think just as hard or harder — so be deliberate about which skills you're willing to let atrophy.
Gergely Orosz · The Pragmatic Engineer
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The flaws you see in your writing are invisible to everyone else.
Writers are their own worst critics — readers don't notice the imperfections that the author obsesses over. ✦ AI generated
Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-06 · original ↗
Nobody will ever know how perfect the thing you intended to write would have been. The flaws you see in your writing are invisible to everyone else.
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