Hacker Blogs
Work in progress: 181,232 of 181,233 sites checked so far, more every week · updated 2 Nov 2026Missing a blog? Tell us

Top all-time · #11820

N

Nathan Wong

Personal blog · nathan.ca · on HN as NathanWongprogramming

Nathan Wong's personal blog at nathan.ca covers programming. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Introducing SDFRY, The Modern Programming Language”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

No feed foundVisit the blog
13mentions?
6HN people?
2011–2015first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 6 in 2014

Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Nathan Wong's blog posts on programming: a piece on type-rich programming and implicit casts, the SDFRY modern programming language parody, and an HTML5 helicopter post. HN readers link them as examples in programming discussions.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

The author on HN?

NathanWong · 370 karma · member since 2009

My name is Nathan Wong. I'm interested in writing quality software and getting things done. I'm currently leading the tech side of things at BuySellAds.com. My blog: http://nathan.ca/ Twitter: @nathandev

From their public HN profile, which links to this site.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Introducing SDFRY, The Modern Programming Language
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-04-01
  2. Skating to Where the Puck Will Be
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-07-29
  3. Make the Type System Do the Work
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-06

What Hacker News says?

  1. TheLoneWolfling · 2015-04-29
    For a quick example, take C: typedef rad_f float; typedef degree_f float; Although in C there's no way that I know of to do implicit conversion between the two. The closest thing I've found to what I mean is C#'s implicit cast system: http://nathan.ca/2014/02/type-rich-programming/

    Comment linking /2014/02/type-rich-programming/

    on “A Rust Contributor Tries Their Hand at Go”
  2. NathanWong · 2014-02-06

    Submitted Make the Type System Do the Work as a story · 196 points

    HN discussion
  3. JonnieCache · 2012-05-18Recommends
    This is pretty hilarious. Not a patch on SDFRY though. http://nathan.ca/2012/04/introducing-sdfry-the-modern-progra...

    Comment linking /2012/04/introducing-sdfry-the-modern-programming-language/

    on “Objectivist C”
  4. toddynho · 2013-01-01

    Submitted Why I'm a Programmer as a story · 65 points

    HN discussion
  5. xriddle · 2012-05-22
    Not to take anything away from such a great accomplishment ... but i find it a little odd that you failed to mention your live-in boyfriend is a coding ninja. Either way ... hats off to you ... and keep it up. http://nathan.ca/2012/04/html5-helicopter/

    Comment linking /2012/04/html5-helicopter/

    on “Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it”
  6. NathanWong · 2012-04-01

    Submitted Introducing SDFRY, The Modern Programming Language as a story · 47 points

    HN discussion
  7. NathanWong · 2011-12-30

    Submitted Solving ITA's Word Numbers Puzzle as a story · 30 points

    HN discussion
  8. NathanWong · 2012-04-10

    Submitted Say Hello to Donut Bot, BSA's Campfire Companion as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  9. jonphillips06 · 2014-08-09

    Submitted Skating to Where the Puck Will Be as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  10. NathanWong · 2014-04-11

    Submitted Using Docker for Self-Contained C++ Deployments as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. jonphillips06 · 2014-09-18

    Submitted Are Backups Still Necessary? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. NathanWong · 2014-07-01

    Submitted Scoring Ad Creatives with Neural Networks as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. NathanWong · 2014-07-29

    Submitted Skating to Where the Puck Will Be as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

Search all of HN for nathan.ca