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The Death of Static Content: Why Traditional Articles Are Becoming Obsolete

An experiment in sharing technical knowledge differently. This article exists in two forms: a classic Medium-style piece and an interactive version. We're exploring what works when AI can generate endless content.

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January 9, 2025
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The Death of Static Content

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This article is an experiment

You're reading a static article right now. But there's also an interactive version where you choose your expertise level and explore at your own pace. We built both to see what works better.

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At Pelles.AI, we build AI tools. We also think a lot about a growing problem: in an era where AI can generate infinite "content," how do you share knowledge that actually matters?

The Signal vs. Noise Problem

AI has made it trivially easy to produce articles on any topic. That's both a breakthrough and a problem. The internet is flooding with generated content — technically correct, often useful, but rarely coming from genuine expertise.

For teams like ours who are building real products and learning hard lessons, this creates a challenge. The insights we gain from actually doing the work get drowned out by SEO-optimized articles written by people (or AIs) who haven't built anything.

The challenge isn't creating content anymore. It's creating content worth reading.

Why Traditional Articles Fall Short

There's nothing inherently wrong with static articles. You're reading one now, and it works fine. But they do have limitations:

  • They assume a single level of reader expertise
  • They can't adapt if you already know the basics
  • They can't expand if you want more depth on a specific point
  • They're the same whether you have 2 minutes or 20

These limitations were acceptable when creating content was expensive. Now that it's essentially free, we can experiment with different approaches.

What We're Trying

We're not claiming to have figured this out. We're experimenting. This blog (we call it "Unblog") is where we try new formats for sharing technical knowledge:

  • Interactive versions — like the toggle above, letting you choose your path
  • Expertise levels — skip the basics if you already know them
  • Expandable sections — go deeper only where you're curious
  • Honest framing — this is what we learned building, not generic advice

Some of these experiments will work. Some won't. That's fine — we're more interested in finding what's useful than in claiming we've reinvented content.

The Goal

We want to share what we're learning as we build AI tools. Not thought leadership for its own sake, but practical insights from people doing the work.

If interactive formats help that knowledge land better, great. If traditional articles work fine for some topics, that's great too. The format should serve the content, not the other way around.


This was the traditional static version. Try the interactive version above to see one of the experiments we're running.

Why We're Doing This

At Pelles.AI, we build AI tools and we've been wrestling with a fundamental question:

How do you share genuine expertise when AI can generate endless "content" on any topic?

The flood of AI-generated articles has made it harder for real insights to stand out. We wanted a way to share what we're actually learning and building — not content optimized for SEO, but knowledge that comes from doing the work.

An experiment, not a manifesto

This blog is where we try new approaches. Some will work, some won't. The interactive format is one experiment. We're curious what you think.

The Real Problem

Traditional static articles have obvious limitations:

  • They assume one level of expertise for all readers
  • They can't adapt to your questions
  • They treat every reader exactly the same

But the format isn't the biggest issue.

The real problem is signal vs. noise

AI can now produce infinite "thought leadership" on any topic. Generic content drowns out genuine expertise. It's harder than ever to find knowledge from people who actually built something.

Our approach isn't to revolutionize content consumption. It's simpler: share what we know, make it useful, and experiment with formats that might work better than a standard blog post.

What We're Trying

This is early experimentation. We're exploring:

Traditional Articles

  • -One-size-fits-all expertise level
  • -Linear reading path
  • -Passive consumption
  • -Generic SEO-driven content

Our Experiments

  • +Context adaptation by expertise
  • +Expandable depth on demand
  • +Interactive elements to try concepts
  • +Honest framing from real experience

We don't know what will work yet. That's the point of experimenting.

About Pelles.AI

We're building AI tools and sharing what we learn along the way. This blog is part of that — a space to experiment with how technical knowledge gets shared in the AI era.

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