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 orderMy jaw is on the floor. I would've been fully impressed with the unoptimized version, but pushing it to squeak out significant rendering performance improvements was a surprise treat!
Fun fact, this project helped the author get a job: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl/issues/162#issuecomment-1... Carbonyl is surprisingly performant and usable, especially with --zoom=300 --bitmap At lower resolutions, it would be nice to render images using a "subpixel" terminal rendering library like chafa (https://hpjansson.org/chafa/), or maybe sixels/kitty image protocol.
Chrome ported to run inside a terminal, like a modern day Lynx. Hasn't been linked here in 2 years but I came across it and found it interesting. Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34547259 8 other previous links didn't gain much traction.
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
- 1368
- Total comments
- 141
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-27 | Forking Chrome to render in a terminalFirst breakout · Best thread | fathyb | 1182 | 122 |
| 2025-03-13 | Forking Chrome to render in a terminal (2023) | fragmede | 16 | 1 |
| 2025-09-05 | Forking Chrome to render in a terminal (2023)Latest 20+ point return | riddley | 170 | 18 |