Why “writing” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Show HN: InterviewLint – Practice explaining code, not just writing it
by aburayhanalif · Oct 31, 2026 · 1 points
Top tip: make your instructions actually readable . Your LLM has used text with too low contrast, the absolutely pointless and annoying webkit-smoothing: anti-aliased, with text…
by dofm · Oct 31, 2026
I think the problem we have is an ill-defined concept of "human consumption". I understand the desire (instinct?) to ban crawlers, but I'd argue that bots serving human needs ar…
by jwr · Oct 31, 2026
Is writing your own streaming engine a bad idea?
by legothief · Oct 31, 2026 · 2 points
Or even something about how writing usefully on a topic requires higher expertise than reading and understanding what was written.
by tbrownaw · Oct 31, 2026
For my personal blog [0], I am still writing without LLM assistance. The goal is to test how well I understand the topic I am writing about, as well as to improve my own writing…
by trungto · Oct 31, 2026
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