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> * Author claims to speak English very poorly, but writes incredibly well! Maybe they leaned on LLMs, but this seems pretty good even for an LLM.

The author claims their pronunciation is poor. Writing is a completely different skill. (Especially in English with its insane spelling rules.)

> * Author says they have 2 years of work experience in a company that doesn't use Typescript, but then proceeds to create a solution ad-hoc that requires incredibly deep knowledge of the type system. Certainly not impossible, but I don't know anyone that could pull this off.

Self-study?






Each factor alone is within the realm of possible but unlikely. The combination multiplies my skepticism exponentially.

It could be genuine, but I would bet against it.


A lot of people program for a hobby, especially before their career starts.



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