## Prompt, 23 Mar 2026 Generate a beautiful narrative story about the talk [Rob Schrauwen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robschrauwen), VP Data and Platform Strategy, Research Data Platform at Elsevier, delivered at [TeX User Group, 2025](https://tug.org/tug2025) on 18 July 2025. Create this as 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/index.html Write in the engaging style of Malcolm Gladwell, weaving in anecdotes, insights, and a compelling narrative arc. Use 2026-02-11-amat-dt-day/index.html, 2025-12-06-mining-digital-exhaust/index.html and 2026-01-11-nptel-vibe-coding-workshop/index.html as examples - to follow LOOSELY, not strictly. Use 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/transcript.md - that's the talk transcript. The video is at https://youtu.be/XGO5ushzXMA?is=tsgd05UvRUb_oGM9 - Weave in plenty of memorable, funny, or insightful quotes from the transcript. Make these blockquotes stand out. - Highlight what was insightful or funny. - Include slide images inline where appropriate. The slide deck is in 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/slides.pdf (but do NOT include it - instead, just read it to know what's on what slide, and link to it at https://tug.org/tug2025/av/d1-t01-schrauwen-content/d1-t01-schrauwen-content-slides.pdf along with the license at https://tug.org/tug2025/abstracts/schrauwen-content.txt) and have been extracted into slide-$N.avif files. Refer to the PDF for context but use the extracted images in the article for better performance and aesthetics. - You don't need to include all slide images inline. Only what's relevant. - It's OK to include slides as thumbnails, as cards in grids, etc - in which case clicking on them should open the full-size image in a popup. Make sure the design is engaging. Allow some elements to expand beyond the width of the main content column, and use a different background color for these elements to make them pop, etc. The sketchnote could be one such. Add the top takeways from the talk at the end. Prominently include these near the top: - include the sketchnote (large) at 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/sketchnote.avif - clicking on it should open the full-size image in a new tab - link to the transcript - embedded YouTube video (large) Search online and liberally link to any other relevant material. Feel free to add tooltips, popups, or animated SVGs as informative and engaging aids. **Tooltips** are for: - Context about non-obvious terms or phrases (only if relevant and useful) - Additional context about references (where possible) **Popups** are for: - Citations. Search for and include references. Cite the key point from the reference and link to it. - Supporting material. Provide extensive context, quotes, extracts from slides, external references, etc. **Animated SVGs** are for: - Explaining processes, mechanisms, workflows, etc. The aim is to make users FEEL a process. One glance should give them an intuitive understanding of how it works, even before they read the accompanying text. Show how things are connected, what data flows from where to where, how elements, interact, etc. This will be deployed at https://sanand0.github.io/talks/2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/ Update README.md to include this talk in the list of talks. --- I added a podcast (as if it were a discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford about Rob's talk) in podcast.opus. Include that prominently near the top as well, with an embedded audio player. Include samples (e.g. XMLs) that serve as an example of what Rob's talking about. Research online for authoritative material that supports or contradicts Rob's points, and link to it. Clicking on the slides should open the specific page URL in a new (named) window and bring it to the front (which might be default browser behavior), e.g. slide-04.avif would open https://tug.org/tug2025/av/d1-t01-schrauwen-content/d1-t01-schrauwen-content-slides.pdf#page=4 Remove the "Story by Anand S" and any references to Anand. In README.md, move Rob's talk to the "Others' Talks" section. --- Inside .ref-link and inner elements, the text is white on nearly-white background - almost unreadable. Do a quick check for any other clear, obvious issues and fix them. ## Version 2 (Claude Code - Minimax 2.7) Generate a beautiful narrative story about the talk [Rob Schrauwen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robschrauwen), VP Data and Platform Strategy, Research Data Platform at Elsevier, delivered at [TeX User Group, 2025](https://tug.org/tug2025) on 18 July 2025. Create this as 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/index.html Write in the engaging style of Malcolm Gladwell, weaving in anecdotes, insights, and a compelling narrative arc. Use 2026-02-11-amat-dt-day/index.html, 2025-12-06-mining-digital-exhaust/index.html and 2026-01-11-nptel-vibe-coding-workshop/index.html as examples - to follow LOOSELY, not strictly. Use 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/transcript.md - that's the talk transcript. The video is at https://youtu.be/XGO5ushzXMA?is=tsgd05UvRUb_oGM9 - Weave in plenty of memorable, funny, or insightful quotes from the transcript. Make these blockquotes stand out. - Highlight what was insightful or funny. - Include samples (e.g. XMLs) that serve as an example of what Rob's talking about. - Include slide images inline where appropriate. The slide deck is in 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/slides.pdf (but do NOT include it - instead, just read it to know what's on what slide, and link to it at https://tug.org/tug2025/av/d1-t01-schrauwen-content/d1-t01-schrauwen-content-slides.pdf along with the license at https://tug.org/tug2025/abstracts/schrauwen-content.txt) and have been extracted into slide-$N.avif files. Refer to the PDF for context but use the extracted images in the article for better performance and aesthetics. - You don't need to include all slide images inline. Only what's relevant. - It's OK to include slides as thumbnails, as cards in grids, etc. Clicking on the slides should open the specific page URL in a new (named) window and bring it to the front (which might be default browser behavior), e.g. slide-04.avif would open https://tug.org/tug2025/av/d1-t01-schrauwen-content/d1-t01-schrauwen-content-slides.pdf#page=4 Make sure the design is engaging. Allow some elements to expand beyond the width of the main content column, and use a different background color for these elements to make them pop, etc. The sketchnote could be one such. Add the top takeways from the talk at the end. Prominently include these near the top: - the sketchnote (large) at 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/sketchnote.avif - clicking on it should open the full-size image in a new tab - link to the transcript - podcast (as if it were a discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford about Rob's talk) in podcast.opus with an embedded audio player. - embedded YouTube video (large) IMPORTANT: Research online for authoritative material that supports or contradicts Rob's points, and liberally link to it. Feel free to add tooltips, popups, or animated SVGs as informative and engaging aids. **Tooltips** are for: - Context about non-obvious terms or phrases (only if relevant and useful) - Additional context about references (where possible) **Popups** are for: - Citations. Search for and include references. Cite the key point from the reference and link to it. - Supporting material. Provide extensive context, quotes, extracts from slides, external references, etc. **Animated SVGs** are for: - Explaining processes, mechanisms, workflows, etc. The aim is to make users FEEL a process. One glance should give them an intuitive understanding of how it works, even before they read the accompanying text. Show how things are connected, what data flows from where to where, how elements, interact, etc. This will be deployed at https://sanand0.github.io/talks/2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/ ## Version 3 (GPT 5.4 mini - xhigh) Same as above, but generates 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/gpt-5.4-mini-xhigh.html ## Sketchnote Draw this talk transcript as a visually rich, intricately detailed, colorful, and funny, sketchnote. The talk is very long. So follow these steps: 1. Think about the MOST important points - to avoid overwhelming the image and audience 2. Structure them logically so that the sketchnote is easy to follow. 3. THEN draw it ## Podcast Generate an insightful, layman-friendly script for a podcast summarizing this talk transcript by [Rob Schrauwen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robschrauwen), VP Data and Platform Strategy, Research Data Platform at Elsevier, delivered at [TeX User Group, 2025](https://tug.org/tug2025) on 18 July 2025. Write this in the style of a discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Harford based on the style of their podcasts. (Think about how they speak and use that as your basis.) We want a podcast that runs for about 18 minutes with clear section breaks at around the 6 and 12 minute marks. Focus on the core messages. Make the audience think (and laugh a bit, too.) Format: Malcolm: ... Tim: ... Malcolm: ... Tim: ... ## Comparison (Claude Code - Opus 4.6) 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/index.html and 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/minimax.html were generated using roughly the same prompts (see prompts.md) using Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Minimax 2.7 respectively. Compare the content and technical style of the two versions. Along different dimensions, what are the differences? Which is better and why? Explain using examples. Comprehensively compare and document in 2025-07-18-tug-true-but-irrelevant-rob-schrauwen/comparison.md.