This is an editorial style that's been around a lot longer than I've been alive. Your causality may be a bit backwards.

epestr 25 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

The editorial style has always existed. It seems it has seeped into tech blogs since LLMs.

asdf88990 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Nope. It is a bizarre mix of multiple styles. The article is certainly AI written.

“One maintainer” makes no sense here, it is THE maintainer.

Use of colon there is also a blind mimicry, xz isn’t defined by the exploit that put “one maintainer” in spotlight.

It is total rubbish.

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		I can feel your hatred of LLMs and the article is clearly written by it. But don't let it blind you. "One" maintainer makes perfect sense here, "the" would sound odd. It's truly been used that way for a long time.