This post shows a lot of the challenges with localisation, that many seemingly s...

draw_down · 2026-02-16T12:29:36 1771244976

Indeed, if only it were as simple as “{n} rows”.

I18n / l10n is full of things like this, important details that couldn’t be more boring or fiddly to implement.

Joker_vD · 2026-02-16T13:30:35 1771248635

Which is why Windows UI is littered with language like "number of rows: {n}".

Gabrys1 · 2026-02-16T13:48:31 1771249711

Makes it easier to parse by automatic tools too

magicalhippo · 2026-02-16T22:50:51 1771282251

> Indeed, if only it were as simple as “{n} rows”.

How long till we just have a LLM do it on the fly?