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 orderThank you for sharing my site! I built this a number of years ago as I was starting to learn about Japanese prints. I wanted a single place where I could find them across all of the various museums and universities that hold them. I use computer vision analysis to cluster prints together (using TinEye). A bunch more technical details from the last time this was posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18344979 I’m working on a new site now that’s focused on prints that…
Uh - woah! This is incredibly unexpected. I'm really glad people are interested in my database and in Japanese prints! From a technical perspective there've been a lot of interesting open source projects that I've made to support this site: https://johnresig.com/projects/ukiyoe/ I've also written a number of papers and given presentations on the work that I've done here (and elsewhere in the digital humanities). https://johnresig.com/research/ This is a talk that I gave in 2014 about the construction of the site…
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
- 333
- Total comments
- 61
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-01-08 | Japanese Woodblock Print Search | cheeaun | 2 | 0 |
| 2014-02-27 | Japanese Woodblock Print Search | shawndumas | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-10-31 | Japanese Woodblock Print SearchFirst breakout | stareatgoats | 121 | 29 |
| 2023-03-28 | Japanese Woodblock Print Search | curmudgeon22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-02-22 | Japanese Woodblock Print SearchBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | curmudgeon22 | 207 | 32 |