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 order> Here's a little editor story for fun. During beta we found some bugs in Apple's text layout engine that we just could not fix. Our solution? Writing our own text layout manager… from scratch. Not only did this fix the bugs, but it also boosted our editor's performance. We're not messing around! Seems like there's nobody better than Panic at doing this sort of thing. They're willing to push Apple's UI forward, but they always do it in a…
I automatically bought Nova (cue fainting) when it came out because Panic has provided me with a lot of value over the years (yes, I paid for an FTP client, too). I still use VS Code the most, but I don't enjoy tinkering with endlessly customizable tools to get the perfect environment. I like an opinionated tool that has a solid handful of niceties, and doesn't abdicate features to a bazaar of plugins. Nova's good like that, but I miss…
Love this app. Best code editor available for Mac
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
- 1179
- Total comments
- 648
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-16 | Nova by PanicFirst breakout · Best thread | 0x0 | 1051 | 542 |
| 2023-10-06 | Nova: A native Mac Code editor from the creators of Coda | popcalc | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-10-16 | Nova – a native macOS code editor from Panic | askonomm | 3 | 1 |
| 2024-02-22 | Nova, a Mac Native Code Editor | lordleft | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-09-23 | Nova by Panic: Native Mac code editorHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | luismedel | 121 | 105 |