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Hacker News · Jul 2, 2026, 12:17 PM

Key takeaways

  • They didn't get some of the cultural references I'd used and suggested it would be easier if I used tropes which were more globally known.
  • All my blog posts start with a simple declaration:
  • ⧉ HTML<!doctype html> <html lang=en-GB> There's a reason for that.

They didn't get some of the cultural references I'd used and suggested it would be easier if I used tropes which were more globally known.

All my blog posts start with a simple declaration:

⧉ HTML<!doctype html> <html lang=en-GB> There's a reason for that. It is more than the language I speak; it is the culture I live in, the way that I think, and the accent I use.

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