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ak_builds commented on Adding OR logic forced us to confront why users preferred raw SQL   signoz.io/blog/query-buil... · Posted by u/ak_builds
tux3 · 6 months ago
The technical content is okay, but there's some fluff with a characteristic LLM signature that cheapens the whole thing. Instead of an article hand-crafted by human hands, it screams to the reader that they are currently reading slop.

I would rather not read other people's slop. I could pass your article through an LLM myself, if I wanted that. Here's just one of the most tired snowclones that current LLMs love, everywhere in your content:

>This wasn't a minor limitation; it was a fundamental capability gap

>context-switch not just between data types, but between entirely different mental models of how to query data.

>This wasn't something we asked them to do. They discovered that the query builder could now handle their complex cases, and they preferred it over raw SQL.

>That's not just a technical achievement. That's validation that we finally understood the problem we were trying to solve.

It wasn't just a minor stylistic issue; It was a signal to close the page.

ak_builds · 6 months ago
Feedback well taken! I'll update the articles soon and do better henceforth.
ak_builds commented on Adding OR logic forced us to confront why users preferred raw SQL   signoz.io/blog/query-buil... · Posted by u/ak_builds
est · 6 months ago
> Stop making decisions for users.

yes! please stop making webpages background dark. It's a terrible design for ppl with astigmatism like me...

ak_builds · 6 months ago
Thank you for educating me on astigmatism. I wasn't aware of the condition.

We are revamping the design. I'll ensure I understand more about this and make it more accessible.

Devs seem to prefer dark theme across the brand (eg Supabase, Linear). Hence, the current choice.

u/ak_builds

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