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headcanonyesterday at 5:57 PM0 repliesview on HN

That depends on the output's purpose: if the purpose is to produce readable text for a human that is _not_ me, like an article or document, then I care more about clarity, plain-speaking, and general register. If the goal is to accomplish a specific task, I don't care as much about the prose quality: I'll put up with "Honest Framings" and "load-bearing" since it seems to me that's the token that needs to be in the context for it to function.

I've been in the habit of pushing my claude-speak to codex to improve legibility, but only if I think someone is going to read it.