Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” when designing interfaces

Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by mastax on Thursday August 31, 2023 @08:12AM (#37335959)

Interfacing with external systems which require first/last, I suppose.

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by streetnoodles on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:11AM (#37337405)

This, we recently had to break up our "name" field into first/last name because we work with banks that require first/last name as separate fields. When we reference an account it has to match their records exactly.

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle Asian-style “Family name first” whe... by alistairSH on Thursday August 31, 2023 @10:21AM (#37337587)

This. Many US government agencies (and therefore their forms and APIs) use FML.

So, our software has a whole pile of names... FML, preferred, mailing, formal, sort name, and probably a few others I'm forgetting. It's a mess.

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