Alex

Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing

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Catch insensitive, inconsiderate writing

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Launch tags:Web App•Writing•Tech

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Strikingly

A tool to be more PC? Although not my cup of tea, I do see this getting a ton of traction in our day and age. Well done.

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11yr ago

Hunter

@irvingtorresyc some folks are worried about censorship and 'being PC' but really it's a question of kindness, politeness, and inclusiveness, I believe, to be a little careful about using non-gendered, non-offensive speech. I appreciate @rrhoover 's sensitivity towards the issue, per the Medium article, and am happy I stumbled upon this tool and posted it! Inclusive speech really makes a big difference to the minorities in the (sometimes hostile) tech space. My only concern, @wooorm, is the use of 'their' to indicate the third person singular. I would use 'him or her' or even 's/he' (or maybe just retool the sentence), just to be a little more grammatically correct. What do you think? Again, thanks for Alex!

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11yr ago

Alex

Maker

@jenlooper I understand the controversy re singular `their`. A lot of people learn it’s bad practise in school, but in fact Shakespear, Hemingway, &c used it too. And, quite important, more people seem to favour the word. Some more info on Alex’s GitHub: https://github.com/wooorm/alex/i...

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11yr ago

Product Hunt

Very clever. It's open source and also integrates with Slack, Sublime, Atom, and Gulp. Here's how it works in Atom:

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11yr ago

Alex

Maker

@rrhoover Thanks for the kind words

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11yr ago

Mute.vc

@rrhoover Reminded me of this: https://medium.com/@rrhoover/we-...

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11yr ago

Alex

Maker

@thomasmeagher Yup: http://alexjs.com/#importance-of... That’s one of the inspirations for why I created it!

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11yr ago

Product Hunt

@thomasmeagher 😊it would be useful if Alex could craw an entire site or git repo.

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11yr ago

Alex

Maker

@rrhoover You should be able to run alex over a complete repo using: https://github.com/wooorm/alex/i.... They ran it over several HoodieHQ repo’s and got some nice catches!

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11yr ago