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 orderCool. I'm always game for a good discussion of DSL's and Lisp (Racket). But what struck me immediately was the quality of the "Why Lisp Why Racket" essay. This is probably the most compelling that I've seen as it gets specific and cites near-term benefits – not just the elitist "it's good for you" or "it'll make you smarter" stuff. Nicely done.
Before I started feeling comfortable with the official Racket docs, Beautiful Racket served as an accessible reference as I began exploring the language. I'm turning into a big Racket fan. I just rewrote my website's backend in Racket [0], and I've been learning how to publish packages for the ecosystem. [0] https://github.com/jacobwhall/jacobhall.net
repository: https://github.com/mbutterick/beautiful-racket
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
- 721
- Total comments
- 70
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-22 | Make your first programming language – in one hour | ingve | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-09-29 | Beautiful Racket | lobo_tuerto | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-11-06 | Beautiful Racket – how to make your own programming languages with Racket | emdashcomma | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-03-16 | Beautiful Racket v1.0First breakout · Best thread | Curiositry | 537 | 58 |
| 2019-01-29 | Beautiful Racket | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-02-09 | Beautiful racket | patternexon | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-07-11 | Beautiful Racket 1.6 | tosh | 3 | 1 |
| 2022-05-12 | Beautiful Racket (2016)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | gurjeet | 158 | 11 |
| 2024-10-10 | Beautiful Racket | trymas | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-09-10 | Beautiful Racket[Book] | farhanhubble | 2 | 0 |
| 2025-12-16 | Beautiful Racket | tosh | 2 | 0 |