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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.
Top comments
One of the greatest System Design stories of all time is the evolution of mammals. Warm blood? A huge, complicated heart? Are you insane? The metabolism rates will be off the charts. Record-breaking spin-up times before adulthood? Where the parent animals will have to actively care for their helpless young? And spend bodily resources to produce a fluid with which to constantly feed each one? How could they ever compete with a species that lays 10,000 eggs a year, dashing…
Great article. I find systems design and complex adaptive systems fascinating. I really recommend the book, "Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity" by John H Holland. It is technical but aimed at the educated, non-technical reader, with enough description that you could code along to his models. I really wish he had written more books. RIP. Another good source of systems thinking are the books by Jane Jacobs on urban planning. I think anyone wanting to study this area rigorously…
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HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 540
- Total comments
- 195
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-27 | Systems design explains the world: volume 1First breakout · Best thread | peapicker | 337 | 152 |
| 2022-10-13 | Systems design explains the world (2020) | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-11-13 | Systems design explains the world (2020) | tosh | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-03-09 | Systems design explains the world (2021)Latest 20+ point return | craigkerstiens | 193 | 43 |
| 2024-08-10 | Systems design explains the world: volume 1 (2020)Hall induction | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-03-16 | Systems design explains the world (2020) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |