Charlie Meyer

Most-linked posts?

1. Code Doesn't Happen to You
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-09-24
2. The Affogato Approach to Teaching Programming
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-05-05
3. A beginner's first code editor shouldn't have AI
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2024-03-19

What Hacker News says?

1. nonameiguess · 2023-12-15

   There seems to be a mixing of definitions going on here that is confusing people. You've got an algorithm, a finite sequence of unambiguous instructions that, given some initial conditions, will produce some end state that is interpreted as either correct or incorrect. You've got a function, which is some mapping of elements from a domain to elements of a codomain such that the mapping is unique for each element of…

   Comment linking /code-doesnt-happen-to-you/

   on “Programs Are Games, Programming Is a Game”
2. csmeyer · 2025-08-08

   Submitted The GPT-5 Launch Was Concerning as a story · 86 points

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3. csmeyer · 2023-07-06

   I post about coding education and some other miscellaneous math/tech things here: https://blog.charliemeyer.co

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   on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”
4. csmeyer · 2025-10-01

   Submitted LLMs are the ultimate demoware as a story · 55 points

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5. csmeyer · 2023-07-29

   Jumping on the license plate topic, here’s a post I put up in 2022 on the distribution of letters/numbers in Massachusetts plates https://blog.charliemeyer.co/mathematical-theory-of-license-...

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   on “Counting License Plates”
6. csmeyer · 2022-09-16

   Submitted A Mathematical Theory of License Plates as a story · 39 points

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7. csmeyer · 2023-12-23

   Submitted A one line code change inside iOS made me waste 5 minutes as a story · 19 points

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8. memorable · 2022-09-26

   Submitted Code Doesn't Happen to You as a story · 13 points

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9. csmeyer · 2025-07-31

   Submitted Orchestra Conductors Are Prompt Engineers as a story · 4 points

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10. csmeyer · 2022-12-09

    Submitted ChatGPT, the Abacus, and Education as a story · 4 points

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11. csmeyer · 2026-09-04

    Submitted We Should Still Teach Kids to Code (2023) as a story · 3 points

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12. skadamat · 2024-03-20

    Submitted A beginner's first code editor shouldn't have AI as a story · 3 points

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13. csmeyer · 2023-02-17

    Submitted Errors Are Not Failures as a story · 3 points

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14. csmeyer · 2025-10-09

    Submitted Replit's Existential Problem as a story · 2 points

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15. csmeyer · 2025-09-04

    Submitted The Trillion Dollar Chart as a story · 2 points

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16. csmeyer · 2025-07-15

    Submitted The FC/FC Chasm: Why Teaching Programming Still Matters as a story · 2 points

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17. csmeyer · 2023-12-14

    Submitted Programs Are Games, Programming Is a Game as a story · 2 points

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18. csmeyer · 2023-11-03

    Submitted We Should Still Teach Kids to Code as a story · 2 points

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19. csmeyer · 2023-09-21

    Submitted On Hitting $100 MRR as a story · 2 points

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20. csmeyer · 2023-06-16

    Submitted What I Learned from Two Years of Teaching High School CS as a story · 2 points

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21. csmeyer · 2023-04-04

    Submitted Humans Need Training Data Too: Teaching with GPT-4 as a story · 2 points

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22. csmeyer · 2023-02-10

    Submitted We Should Communicate Probabilities With Flips as a story · 2 points

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23. csmeyer · 2023-02-01

    Submitted The New Coder's Hierarchy of Needs as a story · 2 points

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24. csmeyer · 2022-12-23

    Submitted How to Have Fun Building as a story · 2 points

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25. csmeyer · 2026-09-22

    Submitted Seashells, Software, by the Seashore as a story · 1 points

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26. csmeyer · 2026-07-23

    Submitted ChatGPT, the Abacus, and Education (2022) as a story · 1 points

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27. csmeyer · 2024-03-19

    Submitted A beginner's first code editor shouldn't have AI as a story · 1 points

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28. csmeyer · 2024-03-07

    Submitted Sight-Reading a Software Project as a story · 1 points

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29. csmeyer · 2024-01-23

    Submitted The Zen of Yahtzee as a story · 1 points

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30. warrenm · 2023-05-08

    Submitted The Affogato Approach to Teaching Programming as a story · 1 points

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