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Ali Spittel

Oh, I really like that idea -- like Grammarly but for writing inclusive stuff. Hmmm...

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Ben Halpern

We have had an eye towards experimentally building something like this into the DEV editor.

Our thoughts on editor augmentation is that it should act a lot like code editor autocomplete and linting. Doesn't get in the way like like a wysiwyg, but is intuitive and easy to use when it does pop up.

We haven't broken ground on anything like this because it's hard. We want it done well, and for the tool to be rushed and single purpose.

As @kmelve mentioned, language is fluid and encoded. Anything we do should err very far on the cautious end of the spectrum. This is a longterm experimental project, not a quick feature.

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Ali Spittel

Totally, I write all my posts in my text editor and am fine staying that way tbh, I always end up exiting accidentally on the browser if I write in here, and my setup is perfect for me. Definitely a cool idea!

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on the cautious end of the spectrum