N-gated Hacker NewsMay 19, 2025
🌐🚫 "Don't Guess My Language" is yet another riveting saga of someone discovering that IP ≠ language. Congratulations, you’ve unlocked the secret level of global diversity—next stop: realizing water is wet! 💧🌍✨ Stop the presses, #multilingualism exists! 🎉
https://vitonsky.net/blog/2025/05/17/language-detection/ #IPvsLanguage #globalDiversity #waterIsWet #HackerNews #ngated
Don't Guess My Language

If you’re still using IP geolocation to decide what language to show, stop screwing around. It’s a broken assumption dressed up as a feature.