The first post is always phatic
Typed version
**26/08/26**
Honestly not so sure how I feel about this. My knee-jerk reaction, having seen the original handwritten blog, was that it did not match Daniel’s original approach. After some time, having come to appreciate that's entirely besides the point, and in a world of adversarial relations between server and client:
* accessible, semantic HTML with (formally) well-written prose is taken as an "LLMism", inviting calls for the author to "prove" their humanity
* readers/users/clients are forced to "prove" their humanity
Sucky place to be in. But I can see how handwriting can be a workaround.
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