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 thought I could follow at least some of the unobsfucated C, and then this monstrosity: t = "++#m--%am*@R<^1c/@%[_[H3c%@%[_[[email protected]#d-@%:_^BKd<<Z/03e>>`/03e<=0f>=/f<@.f>@1f==&g!=\'g&&k||#l&@.BCh^@.BSi|@.B+j~@/%Yd!@&d*@b"; Could someone please explain what is going on in that routine?
Every other month an amazing project from Fabrice Bellard comes back under the spotlight on HN. I guess you could train a ML model on previous posts and make a automatic karma-generating machine :-)
It is very interesting to see a serious project that started as an IOCCC entry. Too sad that the IOCCC got stuck in the last few 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
- 556
- Total comments
- 171
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-18 | Obfuscated Tiny C Compiler | coliveira | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-07-02 | OTCC: 445-line C compiler written in C | coderdude | 40 | 6 |
| 2018-06-18 | Obfuscated Tiny C Compiler (2002)First breakout | sndean | 134 | 41 |
| 2021-02-15 | Obfuscated Tiny C CompilerBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | ducktective | 381 | 124 |