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trelbutatetoday at 8:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

It's just a bit of text for a website that describes what a product does, what features it has, and maybe an FAQ. It shouldn't take you long. For something like this you can even start with LLM text and then rewrite it in your own words and it will sound much better .


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rswailtoday at 9:08 AM

Having had to edit the documentation from native English speakers in the past, rewriting "in their own words" made it unclear, way too detailed about unnecessary options, and badly formed sentences.

The average person cannot write good documentation (or website copy). It's an actual skill to learn how to phrase things, ensure that the documentation delivers the right level of detail to the different reader types etc.

As English writers, software developers make great programmers, not authors.

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anonrepliertoday at 9:30 AM

Perhaps you can offer your time to proofread the website?