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Isn't this overly critical ?. The content matters far more than the image and the chapters are good. I didn't even register the image - I think most folks today

Isn't this overly critical ?. The content matters far more than the image and the chapters are good. I didn't even register the image - I think most folks today have eyes that auto-skip images after being pattern-trained to ignore ads.

rcxdude 1y ago
With an image that is that poor quality, if it didn't matter then it would have been better not to include it.
- 7bit 1y ago
  Yes, but jumping to the conclusion that there would also be no effort in the text is a bit harsh. It's absolutely normal to set priorities.
  - sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
    It would have been less effort, and a better look, to have no image at all. This isn't the first tab I've closed at the first sign of lazy AI usage and it probably won't be the last.
    - kinix 1y ago
      Thanks dude, the site is much more readable now.
PetitPrince 1y ago
"Don't judge a book by its cover" indeed (and litteraly in that case), but also "first impression matters". In that case throwing a generated image without touch up shows the lack of care of the author for a work that's not as fleeting as a podcast. It's not that hard to type the correct words and/or a non wobbly font with Paint.NET / Photopea / Gimp / Affinity Photo / Photoshop / <your favorite pixel editor here>. It also shows an usage of AI without supervision which is kind of a red flag. I used to listen to Michael Kennedy a lot when my day job was Python, and still occasionally do so this may get a pass, but it's still a bad signal in my books.
MyOutfitIsVague 1y ago
The cover has a stack that says "ngirx", and it's all a smudgy mess. "Don't judge a book by its cover" is for people who don't actually read books. You can't necessarily tell when a book is good based on its cover, but you can absolutely tell with a high certainty that a book with a lazy, crappy, low effort cover is probably going to have a similar level of care and attention put to the contents. It's easily at least a 95% hit rate. Is not overly critical to see something presented lazily and assume it will also be lazy inside, and in this kind of field, I'd also expect that if the cover is AI generated, most of the content could easily be as well.

rcxdude 1y ago

With an image that is that poor quality, if it didn't matter then it would have been better not to include it.

7bit 1y ago
Yes, but jumping to the conclusion that there would also be no effort in the text is a bit harsh. It's absolutely normal to set priorities.
- sjsdaiuasgdia 1y ago
  It would have been less effort, and a better look, to have no image at all. This isn't the first tab I've closed at the first sign of lazy AI usage and it probably won't be the last.
  - kinix 1y ago
    Thanks dude, the site is much more readable now.

PetitPrince 1y ago

"Don't judge a book by its cover" indeed (and litteraly in that case), but also "first impression matters". In that case throwing a generated image without touch up shows the lack of care of the author for a work that's not as fleeting as a podcast. It's not that hard to type the correct words and/or a non wobbly font with Paint.NET / Photopea / Gimp / Affinity Photo / Photoshop / <your favorite pixel editor here>. It also shows an usage of AI without supervision which is kind of a red flag. I used to listen to Michael Kennedy a lot when my day job was Python, and still occasionally do so this may get a pass, but it's still a bad signal in my books.

MyOutfitIsVague 1y ago

The cover has a stack that says "ngirx", and it's all a smudgy mess. "Don't judge a book by its cover" is for people who don't actually read books. You can't necessarily tell when a book is good based on its cover, but you can absolutely tell with a high certainty that a book with a lazy, crappy, low effort cover is probably going to have a similar level of care and attention put to the contents. It's easily at least a 95% hit rate. Is not overly critical to see something presented lazily and assume it will also be lazy inside, and in this kind of field, I'd also expect that if the cover is AI generated, most of the content could easily be as well.