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 like the principles behind its design, but not supporting scrollback and saying "that functionality should be provided by tmux or something similar" is baffling when it's done in the name of removing bloat and complexity. Not everybody wishes to use a terminal multiplexer in all cases, either.
I like the idea of cleaning up legacy cruft. I'm not crazy about the way this project is going about it. My main issues: * ignoring C best practices: /* prefix macros, please */ #define MIN(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b)) * barely any comments /* ME: ...so it parses a string? Doesn't pretty * much every parser? Also, no prefix again. */ void strparse(void) { * Lack of overall project structure. Maybe some comments here would…
fonts (you can use xfontsel(1) to generate a valid XLFD) No no no no no. Stop using core X fonts. Just... stop. If this is supposed to be a "modern" replacement, it should be using fontconfig and client-side fonts with an appropriate renderer.
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
- 464
- Total comments
- 339
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-12-30 | St: Simple terminal implementation for X | amarsahinovic | 91 | 39 |
| 2014-11-26 | St – simple terminalFirst breakout | cleverjake | 92 | 83 |
| 2017-02-02 | St – A simple terminal implementation for XBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | pmoriarty | 274 | 217 |
| 2021-09-16 | St – Simple Terminal | cardamomo | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-03-05 | st is a simple terminal implementation for XHall induction | graderjs | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-11-27 | St – Simple Terminal | thunderbong | 2 | 0 |