Browse legendary Hacker News links.
1,192 Hall of Fame links and 2,014 Candidates.
We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
web.mit.edu
1164 peak points
58 submissions · 51 people · 18.4 years
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
norvig.com
586 peak points
32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years
Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)
www.w3.org
387 peak points
25 submissions · 22 people · 18.3 years
Choose Boring Technology (2015)
mcfunley.com
1357 peak points
45 submissions · 41 people · 11.4 years
All-time greats
Browse all-time greatsNewest class: September 2026
4 links completed the Hall rule in this class.
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Completed last:5th submission
615max pts
O&O ShutUp10++ – Free anti-spy tool for Windows 10, 11
Completed last:breakout pair5th submission3rd active year
216max pts
“MP3 is dead” missed the real, much better story
Completed last:5th submission
650max pts
Bill Gates tries to install MovieMaker (2003)
Completed last:breakout pair3rd active year
434max pts
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