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 orderIf you are interested in possible uses for this kind of technology, my R&D work until recently has been to find use cases for WiFi Aware and bring them to life. Some examples: * 1-tap file transfers: https://darker.ink/static/media/uploads/08_awarebeam_1.mp4 * Sharing presentations, images and drawings: https://darker.ink/static/media/uploads/05_meshpresenter_1.m... * Playing Quake 3 (OpenArena): https://darker.ink/static/media/uploads/02_openarena_1.mp4 If you want to know more details, this talk is a good…
I would be interested in an overview and comparison of all the available options to solve this kind of problem. Here is a list of some services I’ve used successfully in the past. SnapDrop - Site: https://snapdrop.net/ - Source: https://github.com/RobinLinus/snapdrop ShareDrop - Site: https://www.sharedrop.io/ - Source: https://github.com/szimek/sharedrop FilePizza - Site: https://file.pizza/ - Source: https://github.com/kern/filepizza Wormhole - Site: https://wormhole.app/ - Source: Closed (for now)
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
- 1248
- Total comments
- 349
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-19 | OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop ImplementationFirst breakout · Best thread | vsurabhi | 813 | 222 |
| 2022-01-02 | OpenDrop: An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in PythonLatest 20+ point return | tosh | 428 | 127 |
| 2024-03-22 | OpenDrop: An open source implementation of the Apple AirDrop protocol | pushedx | 4 | 0 |
| 2025-02-20 | OpenDrop – An open Apple AirDrop implementation written in Python | apitman | 3 | 0 |
