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 think writing your own variation of this at one point is a sort of rite of passage for web developers. I thought I was so clever with my custom PHP framework and sessionless backend. That said, it's done because it works well and makes sense. I'm glad to see we're finally settling on a recommended way of doing this. I've recently incorporated JWTs into my own application. One of the questions I'd like to ask other HNers is how…
If you want to avoid pasting tokens in online tools (right now it looks like they don't send out / record anything, but as a general practice, pasting sensitive tokens in online tools is probably not the best idea) Then this one liner in the browser console can be used for most purposes: JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(atob(TOKENHERE.split('.')[1])), null, 2);
Interesting. How do you use this?
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
- 607
- Total comments
- 117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-15 | JSON Web Token (JWT) live encoder/decoder | thepose | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-07-21 | JSON Web Tokens | _pius | 5 | 1 |
| 2014-09-08 | JSON Web TokensFirst breakout · Best thread | adamnemecek | 467 | 74 |
| 2015-04-16 | JSON Web Token: Claims encoded as a JSON object that is digitally signed | lobo_tuerto | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-03-30 | JSON Web Tokens – jwt.io | SkyRocknRoll | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-04-09 | JSON Web Token Debugger | sherlockedgame | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-05-26 | JWT (JSON Web Token) debuggerHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | tosh | 128 | 42 |