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 orderHere's the twist: the closing of the Chase account led to Alex's career tanking. Thus began a downward spiral of his life. His wife left him and took the kids. He turned to the bottle and it got worse from there. He became indebted to the wrong people. It was then he remembered that Hashicorp account. When he was shown the door at Chase, the account had a few hundred grand in it. Through knowledge of internal procedures and some…
Funny to see this pop up again (I'm the author). The year is now 2025 and I still use Chase as a personal bank and I'm now discovering new funny banking behaviors. I'll use this as a chance to share. :) My company had an exit, I did well financially. This is not a secret. I'm extremely privileged and thankful for it. But as a result of this, I've used a private bank (or mix) for a number of years…
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
- 958
- Total comments
- 416
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-14 | My Startup Banking StoryFirst breakout · Best thread | cdme | 616 | 257 |
| 2025-05-02 | My Startup Banking Story | SebRollen | 5 | 0 |
| 2025-08-28 | My startup banking story (2023)Latest 20+ point return | dvrp | 337 | 159 |