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105 titles from 94 authors in the last 30 days, with 99 distinct links and 11 Show HN.

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• Show HN: writui – An encrypted Markdown-based writing app for the terminal · score 6.8

  writui is a terminal-based writing app that stores Markdown posts in a single encrypted vault, offering a rich TUI with mouse support, syntax highlighting, versioning, and export/import. It stands out by combining local-first encryption, plain Markdown, and a polished terminal interface, making secure writing accessible without leaving the command line.

• Show HN: Pulsar – Qwen3.8-27B at 148 tok/s writing code on M5 Max · score 6.8

  Pulsar is an optimized inference engine for running Qwen3.8-27B and Qwen3.6-35B-A3B models on Apple silicon, achieving up to 156 tok/s for code generation and 347 tok/s for editing by combining draft-model speculative decoding with custom GPU kernels. It is a fork of Inco AI's Splash and delivers significant speedups over other engines like MLX-LM and llama.cpp on M-series Macs.

• Show HN: Possiblymadebyahuman, sign the writing process, now with Chrome ext · score 6.8

  Possiblymadebyahuman is a privacy-preserving system for recording and verifying the editing process of written content. It captures edit events (timing, location, size, operation type) as a hash-chained log without storing the actual text, and publishes verifiable records at short links. Producers include a Chrome extension, a browser writing page, and an Emacs mode, with optional salted commitments to text for later verification. The project is technically interesting for its content-blind capture and hash-chain verification, though its real-world utility for proving human authorship remains debatable.

• Show HN: Qwen3-4B with the AI writing tics trained out · score 6.7

  A fine-tuned Qwen3-4B language model trained to remove AI writing tics (e.g., em dashes, 'not X but Y' constructions) without needing a system prompt. The project details a multi-round distillation pipeline using LoRA adapters and neuron edits, with thorough evaluation of style and task adherence. It offers a practical solution for generating more natural-sounding AI text.

Recent titles

1. CPMDiskWrangler: A Qt6 application for reading/writing CP/M disk images
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
2. Ask HN: Anyone here still writing code for reasons other than fun or learning?
   2026-11-01 · HN discussion
3. Writing was flagged as AI. What does that mean?
   2026-10-31 · npr.org · HN discussion
4. Writing Windows Applications in x64 Assembly in 2026
   2026-10-31 · medium.com · HN discussion
5. Show HN: InterviewLint – Practice explaining code, not just writing it
   2026-10-31 · interviewlint.com · HN discussion
6. Is writing your own streaming engine a bad idea?
   2026-10-31 · almostintuitive.com · HN discussion
7. Good writing is a business advantage (2020)
   2026-10-31 · adaged.blogspot.com · HN discussion
8. Show HN: A Daily Poem Writing Puzzle
   2026-10-30 · pocketpoems.io · HN discussion
9. Google's first data center satellite is online and writing poetry
   2026-10-30 · techcrunch.com · HN discussion
10. When AI Starts Writing Systems Code
    2026-10-29 · coreauto.com · HN discussion
11. Dartmouth provost resigns following accusations he used AI for writing
    2026-10-29 · apnews.com · HN discussion
12. Why Is AI Bad at Writing?
    2026-10-29 · weightythoughts.com · HN discussion
13. AI often makes writing worse. (Even if it makes it better)
    2026-10-29 · economist.com · HN discussion
14. AI Writing Has Entered Its Post-Shame Era
    2026-10-29 · theatlantic.com · HN discussion
15. Writing Contests That Allow the Use of AI
    2026-10-29 · jamesyu.org · HN discussion
16. Drawing for drawing's sake: Decompiling Sonic Adventure without writing code
    2026-10-29 · kylemayer.io · HN discussion
17. Rethinking the tech writing portfolio in the AI age
    2026-10-29 · passo.uno · HN discussion
18. The AI-Augmented Developer: A Process for Writing Production Code with Agents
    2026-10-29 · cheikhhseck.medium.com · HN discussion
19. My favorite Grammarly alternative checks writing on my device
    2026-10-28 · makeuseof.com · HN discussion
20. Writing GPU kernels in Rust: how I made speakrs 60× faster than pyannote
    2026-10-28 · avencera.com · HN discussion
21. Reading and writing are less symmetric than you (probably) think
    2026-10-28 · fgiesen.wordpress.com · HN discussion
22. Wikipedia: Signs of AI Writing
    2026-10-28 · en.wikipedia.org · HN discussion
23. Writing AI agents in YAML instead of Python
    2026-10-28 · codecut.ai · HN discussion
24. Ask HN: How will HN transition to allowing AI writing when society accepts it?
    2026-10-27 · HN discussion
25. The Threat of Generative Writing
    2026-10-27 · jetgirl.art · HN discussion
26. Writing about pratt parsing so I remember it
    2026-10-27 · unix.dog · HN discussion
27. Writing a Linux kernel driver for a custom HLS systolic matmul IP
    2026-10-26 · rafae1130.github.io · HN discussion
28. Investigating changes in the writing style of HN users since the advent of LLMs
    2026-10-26 · thinkwhere.wordpress.com · HN discussion
29. Pangram CEO: People believe AI writing is indistinguishable from ours. It's not
    2026-10-24 · bigthink.com · HN discussion
30. The anti-AI writing police are everywhere. What are they looking for?
    2026-10-24 · cnn.com · HN discussion

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