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Chris Martin
Personal blog · chris-martin.orgprogrammingphilosophy
Chris Martin's personal blog at chris-martin.org covers programming and philosophy. Since 2010, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link his post on dynamic typing, which one commenter quotes as a favourite line. The other comment is about a different book and does not discuss his writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
That book has been on my reading list for a while, but I haven't yet done more than skim the first couple chapters. So, disclaimer: The below is my "HOT TAKE" (extremely unsubstantiated opinion) that you should definitely take with a grain of salt! I really like the idea of providing code+math together! I applaud their attempt at using code to clarify differential geometry notation, which is very overloaded. However…
Comment linking /2015/dynamic-typing
on “An Elementary Introduction to Information Geometry [pdf]”Submitted The Gang Has a Mid-Life Crisis as a story · 285 points
HN discussionEveryone needs types. Here's one of my favorite quotes: > "Dynamic typing" The belief that you can't explain to a computer why your code works, but you can keep track of it all in your head. — Chris Martin ( https://chris-martin.org/2015/dynamic-typing )
Comment linking /2015/dynamic-typing
on “Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems [pdf]”Submitted In the computer as a story · 46 points
HN discussionSubmitted Java Pseudo-Closures as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Introduction to Nix (for users of Stack) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Unwanted Haskell triangle as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Java interfaces map to Haskell records as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Water Monoids: Solving the water puzzle problem with as many monoids as possible as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Goes in $Path? (2018) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Moral Dilemma as a story · 1 points
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