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 orderDots, periods or starting with caps - it makes no difference (except for aesthetics, perhaps.) What does (or at least: did for me) is Angular-style commit messages: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/blob/master/CONTRIBUTI.... > <type>(<scope>): <subject> > [...] > feat: A new feature > fix: A bug fix > docs: Documentation only changes > style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc) > refactor: A code change that neither fixes a bug or adds a…
Commit messages are whatever an individual, community, or organization decides they should be. Debating beyond that is like debating tabs vs spaces. It doesn't matter as long as everyone you're working with is on the same page.
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
- 300
- Total comments
- 224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-23 | Commit messages are not titlesFirst breakout · Best thread | cocoflunchy | 223 | 167 |
| 2017-07-17 | Commit messages are not titles | fceller | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-12-17 | Commit messages are not titles (2015)Latest 20+ point return | arkadiytehgraet | 76 | 57 |