Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI get all of these complaints. Why do I also have to be an infrastrucutre engineer? And why is my infrastructure not bespoke enough to do this weird thing I want to do? Why cant I use 5 different languages at this 30 person company? The thing about immutable infrastructure is that its straightforward. There are a set of assumptions others can make about your app. Immutable infrastructure is boring. Deployments are uncreative. Thats a good thing. Repeat after me…
Here's a neat comparison that might make your blood boil. You can install Windows (proved with XP) in five minutes or less. How many build pipelines have you worked with that take longer than installing Windows? Granted, they're different things - one is copying a giant set of files and creating a small DB and one is running tests and packaging software. Here's the thing though. Most of the time, these builds are slow due to 1. lack of parallelism…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 343
- Total comments
- 99
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-24 | A Pipeline Made of Airbags | todsacerdoti | 20 | 0 |
| 2020-09-24 | A Pipeline Made of AirbagsFirst breakout | bshanks | 125 | 57 |
| 2024-09-05 | A Pipeline Made of AirbagsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | packetlost | 198 | 42 |