Repeating for emphasis, because this is the VERY obvious question anyone with a shred of curiosity would be asking not just about this submission but about what is CONSTANTLY on the frontpage these days.
There could be a very simple 5 question questionnaire that could eliminate 90+% of AI coding requests before they start:
- Is this a small wrapper around just querying an existing LLM
- Does a brief summary of this searched with "site:github" already return dozens or hundreds of results?
- Is this a classic scam (pump&dump, etc) redone using "AI"
- Is this needless churn between already high level abstractions of technology (dashboard of dashboards, yaml to json, python to java script, automation of automation framework)
I will reformulate my question to ask instead if the page is still 100% correct or needs an update?
However I would argue there are significant gaps:
- You do not name your consulting clients. You admit to do ad-hoc consulting and training for unnamed companies while writing daily about AI products. Those client names are material information.
- You have non payments that have monetary value. Free API credits, and weeks of early preview access, flights, hotels, dinners, and event invitations are all compensation. Do you keep those credits?
- The "I have not accepted payments from LLM vendors" could mean receiving things worth thousands of dollars. Please note I am not saying you did.
- You have a structural conflict. Your favorable coverage will mean preview access, then exclusive content then traffic, then sponsors, then consulting clients.
- You appeared in an OpenAI promotional video for GPT-5 and were paid for it. This is influencer marketing by any definition.
- Your quotes are used as third-party validation in press coverage of AI product launches. This is a PR function with commercial value to these companies.
The FTC revised Endorsement Guides explicitly apply to bloggers, not just social media influencers. The FTC defines material connection to include not only cash payments but also free products, early access to a product, event invitations, and appearing in promotional media all of which would seem to apply here.
They also say in the FTC own "Disclosures 101" guide that states [2]: "...Disclosures are likely to be missed if they appear only on an ABOUT ME or profile page, at the end of posts or videos, or anywhere that requires a person to click MORE."
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-...
[2] - https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/plain-language/10...
I would argue an ecosystem of free access, preview privileges, promotional video appearances, API credits, and undisclosed consulting does constitute a financial relationship that should be more transparently disclosed than "I have not accepted payments from LLM vendors."
I don't think it's unreasonable to say that your enumerated list would be considered beyond simply being enthusiastic about a new technology