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New comment by flyspaceships in "On AI writing"

flyspaceships — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:04:18 +0000

I've been involved in generating AI fiction / researching AI fiction for a long time now. Both in creating text editors to support it (https://github.com/darrylschaefer/fthr) and in making pipelines to generate it procedurally. I'm also a writer and have practiced both commercial and literary writing, so this isn't something that I've been trying to do purely for money. I have a lot of personal interest in it and have put a lot of time into trying to make interesting things here.

My thoughts on "AI writing" is that the fears around it seem overblown. The frontier models seem to be getting worse, if anything. If one were to make fine-tunes with a specific style, well, that's also a lot of work just to write in a style. How many books in that style can one sell to justify the training? I don't know if the numbers ever add up.

The entire thing might be a great thing for writing and eventually lead to a revival, because now readers will have a motivation to understand the human behind the piece which is always the most interesting part.

New comment by flyspaceships in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)"

flyspaceships — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:46:57 +0000

Location: Asheville, NC Remote: Yes, US

Willing to relocate: Open to relocation depending on location and role

Technologies: TypeScript, React, Next.js, Node.js, Shopify/Liquid, Docker, FFmpeg, Puppeteer, Cloudflare R2, OpenAI API, TTS/voice APIs

Résumé/CV: https://darrylschaefer.com/resume.pdf

Portfolio: https://darrylschaefer.com

GitHub: https://github.com/darrylschaefer

Email: darrylwschaefer@gmail.com

I’m a full-stack product engineer with commercial e-commerce experience and a recent focus on production systems for generative media.

I've been working on automating the production of illustrated audiobooks for both educational and entertainment purposes. I have been a passionate writer all of my life, so I have enjoyed seeing the extent to which I could take that experience using ai as assistance. I enjoy working on projects with a lot of autonomy and I'm a self-starter.

I’m looking for full-time product, full-stack, or commerce engineering roles. I’m also open to contract work.

New comment by flyspaceships in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2026)"

flyspaceships — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:48:32 +0000

Location: Asheville, NC

Remote: Yes, US