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GitHub Audio

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Resurfaced independently across 2 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
6
observed span
2016–2020
peak thread · 125 comments
388 pts
latest 20+ return · 2020-07-04
133 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One 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 order

This is an interesting example where the new expanded set of TLDs can get confusing. My brain interpreted the URL as something semantically like "audio.github.com". Put another way, I thought the site was actually GitHub-made at first glance at its domain. Of course, this was possible in various ways before expanding TLDs, but I think the problem, and thus the ease of phishing, is greater now.

Very similar Brian Eno's Bloom app in both design and sound. Except the GitHub data backend. Some of my most productive work was done while listening to that app (and a lot of Brian Eno's ambient output). There's an interview where he talks about how Bloom will never repeat in our lifetimes (or Reflections, one of the two). He wanted to achieve that with music for airports 1, but was limited by available technology.

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

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
533

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
158

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2016-10-01Show HN: Listen to music generated by events happening across GitHubsudmishra40
2016-10-03GitHub Audiomod3rn040
2016-10-04GitHub Audio: Listen to music generated by events happening across GitHubhenriquemaia30
2016-10-04GitHub AudioFirst breakout · Best threadamberj388125
2020-02-12Listen to music generated by events happening across GitHubEFFALO10
2020-07-04GitHub Audio (2016)Latest 20+ point returnsamrohn13333