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please do not use llms to actually write your blogs. we can absolutely tell. and it means: 1. I don't trust what you're saying (or at least I don't trust any purported 'insight') 2. I don't feel like I'm listening to you (normally I _like_ listening to nuance) 👉 shorter, imperfect yet real👌

Jay 🔔

@jaycooperbell.dev

The biggest benefit I have found with blog writing and using them is to aggregate all the data points/info about the subject I'm writing about across all our different sources (since I'm writing about Trellis usually, that's our repos, commits, PRs, Linear, Drive, docs, etc).

5/10/25, 3:14 pm0 reposts1 like

Jay 🔔

@jaycooperbell.dev

5 Oct 2025

It helps me formulate all the things I want to touch on, since it is expansive across many sources and months and I don't want to miss anything. Even though I know it's fine if something gets missed and it's good I'm writing it down in general. Have to remember it's ok to ship before perfection.

daniel r(ooooooh) in nyc 🇺🇸

@danielroe.dev

5 Oct 2025

that makes sense, with some caution

daniel r(ooooooh) in nyc 🇺🇸@danielroe.dev

oh, there are lots of good uses for them in the process of writing a blog. ... I just wouldn't use one to actually produce the words. (and I'd be very careful before I let it do too much in shaping the point I'm trying to make.)

Jay 🔔

@jaycooperbell.dev

5 Oct 2025

Oh ya for sure. Everything it creates (finds?) for me gets cross checked and validated. No way am I just blindly publishing things from a hallucination machine...