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 orderFor people involved with technology I think this is a perfect response to "how hard can it be" - no matter if they're discussing how to keep toilet paper stocked or why cURL can be replaced with five lines of shell script - it emphatically shows how complicated something apparently simple can be once you start diving into it.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27236874
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
- 519
- Total comments
- 245
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-20 | Text Editing Hates You Too (2019) | mmphosis | 4 | 1 |
| 2021-05-21 | Text editing hates you too (2019)First breakout · Best thread | tate | 384 | 182 |
| 2024-09-04 | Text Editing Hates You Too (2023) | Bluestein | 5 | 0 |
| 2024-12-03 | Text Editing Hates You Too (2019)Latest 20+ point return | airstrike | 126 | 62 |