Hacker Typer - now you can type like a hacker in movies
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HN comment orderIn school I worked as an intern for a U.S. defense contractor (which I feel rather bad about now, but that's neither here nor there). Every now and then some important general or captain type would show up for a meeting and walk around and look at what all the various labs were doing. When they came to the room where all the interns sat we would all pull up hacker typer and just furiously type away while they were…
Where are all the "bleeps" and "blooops" and "bididlybidilybidily" noises?
Can we get a (2011) appended, please? Sources: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2480946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2485159 http://whois.domaintools.com/hackertyper.net
Well, it's a pleasant surprise to see this being still posted! It's been 10 years this last April that I made HackerTyper! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2480946 I can honestly say it 100% bootstrapped me in the programming world and it's been one of the best things I ever!
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 609
- Total comments
- 241
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-26 | Hacker Typer - now you can type like a hacker in moviesFirst breakout | keyle | 162 | 43 |
| 2013-12-07 | Hacker Typer: How To Look Insanely Busy In A Coffee Shop (2011) | erickhill | 91 | 32 |
| 2014-01-07 | Hackertyper.net - [start typing to appreciate] | mikek | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-12-04 | Type Like a Hacker | BradRuderman | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-02-04 | Hacker Typer | andrelaszlo | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-03-16 | Hackertyper – Write code like on TV | catfest | 6 | 2 |
| 2016-06-27 | Now you will be able to code like never before | _ao789 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016-12-02 | Hacker Typer | biofox | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-02-16 | Hackertyper.net | wellpast | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-04-21 | This is how they do it in movies | ramswaroop | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-03-06 | Hacker Typer | LemonHotdog | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-06-17 | Hacker Typer | whereistimbo | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-06-21 | Type Like Hacker | dricornelius | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-06-22 | Hacker Typer | koch | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-08-02 | Hacker Typer | behnamoh | 60 | 33 |
| 2024-10-15 | Hacker TyperHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | rvnx | 272 | 131 |