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 orderAphyr is a joy and a wonder: “If it were meant to be illegal,” you remind him sagely, “Sun Microsystems would have made it unrepresentable.”
“Magic numbers.” You are, after all, a witch. “Every class begins with a babe, in a cafe.” Including a reference to the first 8 hex characters of every Java class. Such detail and prose!
http://www.metafilter.com/166166/Og-to-til-javanissen#698551...
If you missed the previous installment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13886626
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
- 3
- Total points
- 1017
- Total comments
- 240
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-05 | Hexing the technical interview | rudi-rau | 29 | 1 |
| 2017-04-06 | Hexing the technical interviewFirst breakout | ingve | 111 | 6 |
| 2018-08-09 | Hexing the technical interview | seer | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-06-12 | Hexing the Technical Interview | pjc50 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-12-05 | Hexing the technical interview (2017)Hall induction · Best thread | kick | 598 | 192 |
| 2021-06-10 | Hexing the Technical Interview (2017) | tosh | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-10-29 | Hexing the Technical Interview (2017)Latest 20+ point return | jbredeche | 268 | 41 |
| 2023-05-05 | Hexing the Technical Interview | ibobev | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-06-04 | Hexing the Technical Interview | plasticchris | 2 | 0 |