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 orderSmall suggestion -- it seems like you're using the wrong units (or maybe abbreviations) for your displayed average page sizes. You're using lower-case b to indicate bits, but I suspect you mean upper-case B to indicate bytes? Also, the lower-case k is the correct prefix for 1,000, but lower case m is milli, or 1/000. You want M for mega, which is 1,000,000. Also if you really want to be precise you should consider whether you're using binary prefixes vs…
http://montaigne.io - made this one for myself. Just publishes website from Apple Notes. Every time time I update note on my laptop or iPhone the site is updated automatically.
I have been using this platform for a couple of weeks now. It's a great step towards minimalist blogging and reflecting user privacy. I also came across Mataroa a few minutes back and found that it takes the Bear philosophy even further, by removing themes and other bells & whistles. All in all, I'm happy that more such platforms are coming up.
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
- 994
- Total comments
- 469
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-26 | Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platformFirst breakout · Best thread | HermanMartinus | 685 | 349 |
| 2022-01-14 | Bear: A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform | pcr910303 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-06-24 | Bear Blog | blakewatson | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-07-17 | Bear Blog – A privacy-first, fast blogging platformLatest 20+ point return | janandonly | 296 | 119 |
| 2024-06-09 | Bear Blog Blogging PlatformHall induction | colinprince | 6 | 1 |
| 2025-07-17 | A privacy-first, no-nonsense, super-fast blogging platform | krthr | 2 | 0 |