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 worked with an analyst a few years ago. I'll call her Alice. Alice wasn't very good at her job. She was ok and could get stuff done with sufficient hand-holding. The problem was she was really insecure. Alice worried that she wasn't smart enough or experienced enough in this particular industry to do her job. She was. But she had the air of someone who was always worried about being found out. So instead of talking with the managers…
I usually take meeting notes, and the team uses them to refer to them. A few years back, I started sketching the storyline of the meeting, and people loved that. A friend suggested I read Dan Roam's books[1], and they are outstanding. I recommend people to get inspired by expressing their ideas with sketches. It is easier for others to understand, and you learn a lot. 1. https://www.danroam.com
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
- 329
- Total comments
- 35
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-02 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoons | blacksmythe | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-10-02 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoons | dangoor | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-10-03 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoons | spdegabrielle | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-10-28 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoonsFirst breakout · Best thread | Tomte | 170 | 23 |
| 2021-01-23 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoonsLatest 20+ point return | Tomte | 151 | 12 |
| 2022-12-03 | How to teach technical concepts with cartoons | Tomte | 1 | 0 |