I’ll take you at your word, sorry for the incorrect callout. Your comment format appeared malicious, so my response wasn’t an attempt at being “snarky”, just acting defensively. I like the HN Rules/Guidelines.

You mentioned "step change" twice. Maybe a once over next time? My favorite Mark Twain quote is (very paraphrased) "My apologies, had I more time, I would have written a shorter letter".

I thought the repetition was intentional.

This is something that is happening to me too, and frankly I'm a little concerned. English is not my first language, so I use AI for checking and writing many things. And I spend a lot of time with coding tools. And now I need sometimes to do a conscient effort to avoid mimicking some LLM patterns...

“If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”

Is that you Nietzsche? Or are you Magog https://andromeda.fandom.com/wiki/Spirit_of_the_Abyss