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 orderRob Pike, Canadian inventor of Golang, an imperative language with a focus on channel based concurrency …aka a “serial” killer. Sorry.
My takeaway is both programmers and serial killers look like regular people (and have some unflattering photos). The bias that you can tell killers apart by what they look like is created by the media, who probably choose sinister-looking photos when reporting on murderers.
Thought this might be about Hans Reiser for a minute.
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
- 591
- Total comments
- 282
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-23 | Programming Language Creator or Serial Killer?First breakout | tusharchoudhary | 259 | 139 |
| 2023-09-14 | Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?Best thread | bagpuss | 309 | 138 |
| 2025-09-17 | Programming language inventor or serial killer? (2003)Latest 20+ point return | marvinborner | 23 | 5 |