[mirawelner]

...because reading and writing well-written prose is meaningful and enjoyable?

It feels like half the people here do not read or write in their free time, which would be understandable if this were not primarily a site for software engineers who write (sorta) as a job

[csande17]

It is funny how that's basically one of the core points the article makes -- and in fact the article paints Hacker News commentors specifically as people who don't see that kind of inherent value in craft and artistry -- but the AI-generated summaries those people are relying on have missed it completely.

[mirawelner]

I actually disagreed with that particular point made in the article, because I don't really see myself as somebody who sees value in craft and artistry, I just want effective code that works (which imho LLMs cannot create).

But after reading this comment section... I mean if enjoying well written prose counts as enjoying craft and artistry I guess I do then? Damn.

[SanjayMehta]

Nobody reads any more. It's been that way for at least ten years. Nobody writes any more, without prompting.

[jrflowers]

> because reading and writing well-written prose is meaningful and enjoyable?

This is not prose, it is exposition. It is perfectly valid to critique any expository essay, especially one of this length, for its density (or lack thereof) of substantive information.

[pavo-etc]

Sometimes writing can both contain information and be beautiful? This article is charming and thoughtful. Its style may not be for everyone, but for me it really hit, I am thoroughly enjoying reading it. Its style gives me no problem calling it prose.

A person writing an essay on their own site doesn't need to have the information density of bus timetable.

[bendmorris]

This a hilariously ironic parallel to the debate over whether code is an art or a science, referenced right in the article. It can be both.

[mirawelner]

I somewhat disagree that this is not prose? This didn't seem like a purely expository piece. Like if it were just a straightforward technical piece than yeah its way to long, it could have been a few sentences.

But this seemed like it bridges the gap between prose and an expository essay -it was doing both.