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 was asked #1 "Check if the integer is even or odd" in an interview once. Not worded quite that way but that was the answer they were looking for. 12 years later not a single person I have hired could correctly answer that question[1] and most of them (almost all) have been great productive software developers. So "absolutely must know" is entirely dependent on the type of software you write. [1] I don't ask it in the interview, I…
For those who enjoy these kind of problems I highly recommend "Hacker's delight". http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Delight-Henry-S-Warren/dp/0201...
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
- 499
- Total comments
- 247
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-30 | Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must KnowFirst breakout | pkrumins | 139 | 76 |
| 2012-02-16 | Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must Know - good coders code, great reuse | ColinWright | 6 | 0 |
| 2014-01-27 | Low Level Bit Hacks (2009) | aburan28 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014-10-24 | Low Level Bit Hacks (2009) | rivert | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-05-10 | Low Level Bit Hacks You Absolutely Must KnowHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | wheresvic1 | 342 | 171 |