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I Asked AI to Write This Post About AI Writing Posts (Send Help)

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So here we are.

You’re reading a blog post about AI writing blog posts… that was probably written by AI… about how absurd it is that AI is writing blog posts.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the recursion.

The Dev.to Content Lifecycle (2026 Edition)

  1. Developer has an idea for a blog post
  2. Developer opens ChatGPT
  3. Developer types:

“Write a Dev.to post about X”

  1. AI writes the post
  2. Developer lightly edits the intro so it looks human
  3. Post goes live
  4. Another developer asks AI to summarize it

At this point the entire internet is just AIs talking to other AIs with humans occasionally clicking “Publish.”

The Real Absurd Part

The absurdity isn’t that AI can write blog posts.

The absurdity is that developers—people who love automation—are shocked when they automate writing.

We automated:

  • builds
  • deployments
  • infrastructure
  • testing
  • CI/CD
  • code generation

But the moment writing gets automated everyone suddenly becomes a Victorian poet defending the sanctity of prose.

Dev.to in 2023 vs 2026

2023

“I spent 6 months learning Rust. Here’s what I learned.”

2026

“I asked 4 AIs to debate Rust vs Go and summarize the results in a table.”

The Secret Nobody Wants to Admit

Most blog posts were already formulaic.

Let’s be honest. Half the internet follows this template:

1. Personal anecdote

2. Explain problem

3. List 5 tips

4. Add code snippet

5. Inspirational conclusion
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AI didn’t ruin blogging.

AI just learned the template faster than we did.

The Irony

If you’re reading this thinking:

“Wow this actually sounds like a real dev.to post.”

That’s the problem.

The style is so predictable that an AI can replicate it perfectly.

The True Future of Dev Blogging

Soon we’ll have:

  • AI writing posts
  • AI generating the code examples
  • AI generating the diagrams
  • AI summarizing the comments
  • AI replying to the comments

Eventually the only human left in the loop is the person who accidentally pasted their API key in the code snippet.

The Plot Twist

You might be wondering:

“Was this written by AI?”

Yes.

But so was the next blog post you’re about to read.

And probably the one after that.

Final Thought

The real absurdity isn’t that AI can write blog posts.

It’s that developers are surprised that a technology designed to generate text… generates text.

Anyway, I need to go.

I’m about to ask AI to write a post about how authentic human writing still matters.

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