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 can't wait for ES module support in Firefox by default (so all major browsers are covered). It feels so good to be able to write code in "plain old JavaScript" again without the need for transpilers and build tools for small apps. I made this minecraft WebGL2 thing (https://mrspeaker.github.io/webgl2-voxels/) all in modules, and being able to just view-source without any shenanigans feels like the old days. The only issue now is I want to share the code with a…
If anybody has tried ES modules in the past five years and had to turn back due to incompatibility / lack of library support / javascript is a minefield, I'd urge you to try again. I managed to migrate our Typescript/Node codebase over to ESM about a month ago, with only a few hiccups. It's nice to be able to use the latest versions of all of sindresorhus's packages again.
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
- 320
- Total comments
- 64
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-28 | ES modules: A cartoon deep-diveFirst breakout · Best thread | skellertor | 217 | 28 |
| 2020-04-14 | ES modules: A cartoon deep-dive | doener | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-05-30 | ES modules: A cartoon deep-diveLatest 20+ point return | luu | 102 | 36 |