Show HN: X Writer – VS Code extension to post tweets from your editor
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·December 17, 2025rglullis
Is Twitter still in any way relevant? I understand that those people who already have a following would be less inclined to give it up, but whenever I go back is to delete the half a dozen of bot comments on old posts of mine.
jdlyga
Not really. You still see celebrities and influencers use it occasionally. But it's fallen off dramatically compared to where it was just a few years ago. TikTok has largely replaced it.
__mharrison__
Twitter is the best source of information for AI. Much to bsky's dismay.
WilcoKruijer
Fun idea, I want to be posting more so this seems helpful! Might be nice to have a screenshot in the GitHub repo / Marketplace page. Is it available in Cursor? I can't seem to find it. Could be useful as a CLI utility as well.
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welferkj
Whatever happeneed to, don't xeet where you eat.
beepbooptheory
I miss this: https://github.com/dickmao/nntwitter
delf
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Hi HN,
I built this extension because the context switching was killing my productivity. Every time I switched to the browser to share a coding update (#BuildInPublic), I ended up doomscrolling for 20 minutes and losing my flow.
Since existing extensions broke with the X API v2 changes, I decided to build my own solution focusing on privacy and the Free Tier limits.
How it works:
BYOK (Bring Your Own Keys): It uses your own API credentials.
Security: Keys are stored locally using vscode.SecretStorage (never in settings.json).
Limits: It implements a local counter to respect the strict 17 tweets/24h limit of the Free API tier.
Write-only: It intentionally doesn't read your timeline to keep you focused.
It's open source and my first extension. Feedback on the code structure is welcome!
Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Jawuilp.... Repo: https://github.com/Jawuilp/X-writer