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Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing

7 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 3 stories, 4 comments · first 2015-09-02 · latest 2026-08-01

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  1. …[3] or calling white women "some of the biggest barriers to progress are white women". [4] [0]: https://github.com/get-alex/alex [1]: https://github.com/inclusive-coding-bot [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9966118 [3]:…
    comment by dijit · 2026-08-01 · in GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
  2. When using it as a lib you can pass a markdown string ( https://github.com/get-alex/alex#markdownvalue-config ) or raw text string ( https://github.com/get-alex/alex#textvalue-config ). This will return an object that should contain…
    comment by kimburgess · 2022-12-30 · in JavaScript library that converts a string to gender-neutral language?
  3. …it with external tooling (common use is in a build pipeline for docs), or use the JS API directly: https://github.com/get-alex/alex#api .
    comment by kimburgess · 2022-12-30 · in JavaScript library that converts a string to gender-neutral language?
  4. Besides what others have added, I also love: proselint: http://proselint.com/ alex: https://github.com/get-alex/alex Both are CLI linters for prose.
    comment by bovermyer · 2018-11-19 · in Ask HN: Best Command-Line Applications?