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How I Under-Engineered my Book

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Pangram verdict · v3.3

We believe that this entire text is human-written.

0 %

AI likelihood · overall

Human
100% human-written 0% AI-generated
SEGMENTS · HUMAN 1 of 1
SEGMENTS · AI 0 of 1
WORD COUNT 76
PEAK AI % 0% · §1
Analyzed
Aug 18
backend: pangram/v3.3
Segments scanned
1 windows
avg 76 words each
Distribution
100 / 0%
human / AI fraction
Verdict
Human
Pangram v3.3

Article text · 76 words · 1 segments analyzed

Human AI-generated
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Published: 2026-08-17 In contrast to this maniac on the front page of Hacker News: How I Over-Engineered My BookI typed the first draft of each chapter into Obsidian. Then I copy/pasted it into Word. When it was done, I dragged and dropped it into Box, which is where Manning stores its author's manuscripts. Then I kept doing that until it was done. It looked something like this: It's done! Buy it here! Give me your money!