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 was expecting build your own XWindows Server.
Similar for anyone interested: https://github.com/tuvtran/project-based-learning https://github.com/AlgoryL/Projects-from-Scratch https://github.com/rby90/Project-Based-Tutorials-in-C
Wow... I am honoured and embarrassed that my very old article about building a web search engine in PHP is on that list. I should replace it with how to do it in a language I actually like working with one of these days... and generally improve it because its missing all sorts of niceties such as skip lists on the posting lists, binary formats for saving things. I also noticed all the code is missing as a result of…
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
- 3
- Total points
- 1477
- Total comments
- 93
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-12 | Build your own X: project-based programming tutorialsFirst breakout | dhanush | 507 | 25 |
| 2019-11-02 | Build Your Own XBest thread | hakanderyal | 867 | 63 |
| 2021-01-31 | Build your own X, a collection of tutorials (Search engine, Neural Net, etc.)Latest 20+ point return | jkchu | 103 | 5 |