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Sorry have to ask these days. Is this carefully written down information from years of experience in the field or AI slop?

thewisenerd 3mo ago
from the author's mastodon post [0] I just published Fintech Engineering Handbook distilled from 6 years of tears, sweat and swears. It’s a free ~25-page resource with various hints and patterns around handling money. Tell me what you think! other than that, peruse the commits on the source [1], or wait for the author to respond. [0]: https://mas.to/@krever/116814803588993437 https://mas.to/@krever/116814803588993437 [1]: https://github.com/Krever/fintech-engineering-handbook/commits/main/ https://github.com/Krever/fintech-engineering-handbook/commi...
jagged-chisel 3mo ago
Appears that the author got some help organizing the document, but wrote it all themselves.
zipy124 3mo ago
Whilst I wouldn't say anything in it requires years of experience to know, this would be helpful for someone who hasn't considered anything about monetary systems. It doesn't read like slop, but I could be wrong but even so it all seems fairly reasonable (I've only fully read about 50% before realising there's nothing new here for me, and then skimmed to rest).
manwithopinions 3mo ago
Skimmed it and based on my experience in fintech, it looks good, accurately represents the real world. I guess there’s still a chance it is AI generated but it doesn’t seem like vacuous slop, it has substance!
krever 3mo ago
Hey, author here :) Its at least 80% organic artisanal writing and maybe 20% AI when I needed help with grammar, completeness, broader perspective and everything around.
- logdahl 3mo ago
  It may be a good idea to start the book with a really short "About the author" to state exactly this and your work experience. Otherwise looks well written to me, good job! :)
- gib444 3mo ago
  Native English speaker. I scanned it and IMO there's a slight overuse/misuse of hyphens. Maybe the AI tool could be asked to identify and correct? (The hyphens might be triggering people to think it's AI, too). They mostly need replacing with a full stop or a colon. E.g. "In practice this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit - €12.34 becomes 1234" -> "In practice, this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit: €12.34 becomes 1234." or "In practice, this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit (e.g., €12.34 becomes 1234)"
  - m00x 3mo ago
    Hyphens here are meant to be formatting. You would be correct if this was a literary piece, but handbooks and sheets don't need to use these rules.
    - jyounker 3mo ago
      It's a misuse because in this context the hyphen could be mis-construed as a negative amount, and this causes the reader to stop and carefully re-read the content to ensure that they're not misinterpreting it. That's not where you want to be spending your reader's attention.
    - gib444 3mo ago
      Spelling, grammar and punctuation matter everywhere, in my opinion. I wouldn't have read your comment if it were all lowercase and used zero punctuation, for example.
jyounker 3mo ago
I worked for a few years in consumer banking, and this looks like solid advice.

thewisenerd 3mo ago

from the author's mastodon post [0] I just published Fintech Engineering Handbook distilled from 6 years of tears, sweat and swears. It’s a free ~25-page resource with various hints and patterns around handling money. Tell me what you think! other than that, peruse the commits on the source [1], or wait for the author to respond. [0]: https://mas.to/@krever/116814803588993437 https://mas.to/@krever/116814803588993437 [1]: https://github.com/Krever/fintech-engineering-handbook/commits/main/ https://github.com/Krever/fintech-engineering-handbook/commi...

jagged-chisel 3mo ago

Appears that the author got some help organizing the document, but wrote it all themselves.

zipy124 3mo ago

Whilst I wouldn't say anything in it requires years of experience to know, this would be helpful for someone who hasn't considered anything about monetary systems. It doesn't read like slop, but I could be wrong but even so it all seems fairly reasonable (I've only fully read about 50% before realising there's nothing new here for me, and then skimmed to rest).

manwithopinions 3mo ago

Skimmed it and based on my experience in fintech, it looks good, accurately represents the real world. I guess there’s still a chance it is AI generated but it doesn’t seem like vacuous slop, it has substance!

krever 3mo ago

Hey, author here :) Its at least 80% organic artisanal writing and maybe 20% AI when I needed help with grammar, completeness, broader perspective and everything around.

logdahl 3mo ago
It may be a good idea to start the book with a really short "About the author" to state exactly this and your work experience. Otherwise looks well written to me, good job! :)
gib444 3mo ago
Native English speaker. I scanned it and IMO there's a slight overuse/misuse of hyphens. Maybe the AI tool could be asked to identify and correct? (The hyphens might be triggering people to think it's AI, too). They mostly need replacing with a full stop or a colon. E.g. "In practice this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit - €12.34 becomes 1234" -> "In practice, this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit: €12.34 becomes 1234." or "In practice, this means storing the amount as an integer in its smallest unit (e.g., €12.34 becomes 1234)"
- m00x 3mo ago
  Hyphens here are meant to be formatting. You would be correct if this was a literary piece, but handbooks and sheets don't need to use these rules.
  - jyounker 3mo ago
    It's a misuse because in this context the hyphen could be mis-construed as a negative amount, and this causes the reader to stop and carefully re-read the content to ensure that they're not misinterpreting it. That's not where you want to be spending your reader's attention.
  - gib444 3mo ago
    Spelling, grammar and punctuation matter everywhere, in my opinion. I wouldn't have read your comment if it were all lowercase and used zero punctuation, for example.

jyounker 3mo ago

I worked for a few years in consumer banking, and this looks like solid advice.