add love story about jason (JSON) blog post, writing style rules

new post: semi-bipolar love story about JSON personified as Jason.
swings between euphoria & despair over structured data.

CLAUDE.md: add writing constraints to avoid "the" & verbs "to be"
in blog posts, prefer active verbs & dropped articles.
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- Correct approach: "The opportunity to work with experienced operators while contributing combines technical challenge." Or split into two sentences: "The opportunity to work combines technical challenge. Learning from experienced operators while contributing enhances the experience."
- This creates clearer, more direct writing
**Grammar: Avoid "the" in posts**
- Never use "the" when "a" works instead
- Prefer dropping articles entirely when a sentence reads clean without one
- Example: "angle brackets. closing tags. verbosity." not "the angle brackets. the closing tags. the verbosity."
- Restructure sentences to eliminate "the" rather than forcing awkward substitutions
**Grammar: Avoid verbs "to be" (is, are, was, were, be, been, being)**
- Prefer active verbs over passive or linking constructions
- Example: "Jason lives everywhere" not "Jason is everywhere"
- Example: "TOML fits like a studio apartment" not "TOML is a studio apartment"
- Contractions count: "it's" = "it is", "he's" = "he is", "that's" = "that is"
- Exception: quoted code output, error messages, & JSON values stay verbatim
## JOB SEARCH PREFERENCES
**Russell ONLY works remote.** Do not apply to or write cover letters for positions that are not fully remote. If a job posting says hybrid, on-site, or in-office, skip it.