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The AI drafts cut my time per article from 40 minutes to 8

He used the AI API to draft his articles automatically for a week. Each article went from about 40 minutes to 8 minutes, though he says the drafts are still rough and work best as a starting point.

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How it works

  1. The AI API writes a first draft of an article
  2. He uses the draft as a starting point
  3. Time per article drops from about 40 minutes to 8 minutes

Why it’s worth knowing

A week of automated drafts cut his time per article from about 40 minutes to 8. The drafts are rough, but as a first pass they made the writing much faster.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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