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Ertuğrul Çetin
Personal blog · ertu.dev/postsprogramminggames
Ertuğrul Çetin writes Ertu's Blog, a personal blog at ertu.dev about programming and games. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-11, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post on building an online shooter game in Lisp, which one commenter suggested to someone trying Defold, a cross-platform game engine.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I’m Ertuğrul Çetin (Ertu for short), a full-stack Clojure developer and a hobbyist game developer. In this blog, I share my experiences, challenges, and journeys.
Most-linked posts?
- Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-15
- I made a multiplayer shooter game in Lisp, here is my journey2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-22
What Hacker News says?
If you get it working, please share.. I assume you've seen: https://ertu.dev/posts/i-made-an-online-shooter-game-in-lisp...
Comment linking /posts/i-made-an-online-shooter-game-in-lisp/
on “Defold: cross-platform game engine”Submitted I made a multiplayer shooter game in Lisp, here is my journey as a story · 246 points
HN discussionI recently wrote a blog post similar to this situation: https://ertu.dev/posts/ai-is-killing-our-online-interaction/
Comment linking /posts/ai-is-killing-our-online-interaction/
on “Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time”Submitted A Snapshot from the Walkman Era as a story · 5 points
HN discussionRecently wrote a blog about this: https://ertu.dev/posts/ai-is-killing-our-online-interaction/
Comment linking /posts/ai-is-killing-our-online-interaction/
on “AI Destroys Institutions”Submitted Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://ertu.dev
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”Submitted Clojure is almost as fast as C (with some help) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI Is Killing Our Online Interaction as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Engineering Is Cool, but Is It Interesting? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion