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Experimental Learning
Personal blog · experimentallearning.substack.comprogrammingcareer
Experimental Learning is a personal blog at experimentallearning.substack.com about programming and career. Since 2024, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Functions Describe the World: How to Learn to Code Using Spaced Repetition”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-13, 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 this blog for a guide to learning to program from scratch using spaced repetition, with example flashcards, and for an article on where spaced repetition fits in learning to code professionally.
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.
Essays from the frontier.
Most-linked posts?
- Functions Describe the World: How to Learn to Code Using Spaced Repetition2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-07
What Hacker News says?
I wrote a longish guide about learning to program from scratch using spaced repetition. I can't recommend it highly enough. It helps immensely in boosting you past the chasm of incoherence in the beginner stages when you are getting bombarded by unfamiliar terms. I included lots of example cards at the bottom. https://experimentallearning.substack.com/p/functions-descri...
Comment linking /p/functions-describe-the-world-how
on “Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)”Submitted Rambling reflections one year after quitting my job as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAs a complement, I would also suggest this thoughtful article with a broader perspective, explaining the proper place of SRS in learning to code to a professional level: https://experimentallearning.substack.com/p/functions-descri...
Comment linking /p/functions-describe-the-world-how
on “Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software (2013)”Submitted Functions Describe the World: How to Learn to Code Using Spaced Repetition as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Can we build a unary computer? as a story · 1 points
HN discussion