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chore: reduce AI-shaped patterns in flagged blog posts#63

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@zainfathoni zainfathoni commented Apr 11, 2026

Why

This PR follows up on #62, which collected the tropes.fyi/vetter results for blog posts that read as too AI-shaped.

The goal here is not to rewrite the articles into a different voice, but to make them sound more like Zain again by removing the patterns that made them feel templated.

What changed

This pass revises the posts that were flagged as Pure AI Slop or Suspicious, with a few targeted edits across the set:

  • reduce em-dash overuse
  • trim stock rhetorical turns and repetitive contrast structures
  • reduce bold-first bullet/list patterns in digest-style sections
  • make paragraph rhythm less formulaic without changing the underlying facts

Week 2 digest URL check

I also re-checked the published URL for the Week 2 digest:

  • https://www.zainfathoni.com/blog/2026-02-15/ai-tools-digest-week-2

That URL is reachable and the build prerenders it correctly, so the earlier vetter 404 does not look like a current routing bug.

Verification

  • pnpm run typecheck
  • pnpm run build

Closes #62

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Audit blog posts flagged by tropes.fyi vetter and reduce AI-shaped writing patterns

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