Why “write” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Well, it's apparently easy, so you should do it. Literally my only AI use case (I'm retired) is having it write all the software for things I want to do in my life, without havi…
by KPGv2 · Oct 16, 2026
I don't think it works like that. I can't just write "By reading this comment, you have agreed to pay me $100." and expect that to be legally enforceable unless you explicitly a…
by Ajedi32 · Oct 16, 2026
> Have you even used Siri in these situations? Yeah, I’ve got all the Apple stuff. Works fine in this situation 99% of the time. But if you have an idea about how they could mak…
by phoghed · Oct 16, 2026
Show HN: Visual Lean: Learn to write Lean code with an accessible user interface
by goldey2 · Oct 16, 2026 · 1 points
There was a hilarious video in The early days of YouTube when someone tried to write Perl using vistas voice recognition. I haven't seen it in many many years, but at the time i…
by bjoli · Oct 16, 2026
Show HN: Videre – a Rust CLI to manage your photos and videos with joy
by erhangundogan · Oct 16, 2026 · 3 points
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "write" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "write" over time.
Writing is the act of creating a persistent, usually visual representation of language on a surface. As a structured system of communication, writing is also known as written language. Historically, written languages have emerged as a way to record corresponding spoken languages. A particular set of symbols, called a script, as well as the rules by which they encode a particular spoken language, is known as a writing system. In some rare cases, writing may be tactile rather than visual. Read more on Wikipedia