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 orderThis is one of the most frustrating page navigation experiences I have had in long a while. I tend to scroll with pgup/pgdn or arrow keys (or more occasionally, space/shift+space) and when I got to the big "IBM" logo the page just kind of stopped. I thought that was all. It wasn't until I came to this thread I realized there was more, and I should look again, but even then it took me forever to: 1. Realize I needed…
Can someone please add a (2018) in the title :-) OK font, pointless website and not a smart choice of name, when we hear Plex the thing that comes to mind is the Plex streaming/home DLNA software [0] we all know. Well to be honest, the first thing that comes in my mind is the PLEX programming language [1] for Ericsson telephone exchanges, that I know and have used in the past. [0] https://www.plex.tv/ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLEX_(programming_language)
I still prefer mime, based on the classic 3278 terminals, https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
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
- 331
- Total comments
- 246
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-28 | IBM Plex | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-03-28 | IBM Plex – A new typefaceFirst breakout · Best thread | uptown | 240 | 170 |
| 2022-02-11 | IBM Plex Typeface (2018)Latest 20+ point return | Tomte | 85 | 75 |
| 2025-04-01 | IBM Plex | swatson741 | 4 | 1 |