Submission timeline
2007–2026
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
155
2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
302
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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2025
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2026
One 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 was expecting to find a reference in the comments to Baba https://github.com/Lokaltog/baba-core#readme and its [in]famous example https://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net
I think this is how Peyton Manning chooses his audibles. <midwest-city> <soup-brand> <num:1:200>!
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
- 463
- Total comments
- 69
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 |
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| 2014-12-07 | Show HN: Rant, a procedural text generation languageFirst breakout | atlantique | 155 | 36 |
| 2017-04-19 | Show HN: Rant 3 makes it easier than ever to procedurally generate text | RantLang | 6 | 0 |
| 2019-02-08 | Rant – An all-purpose procedural text engineBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | sansnomme | 302 | 33 |