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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.
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HN comment orderI would recommend going back 9 days and read the story behind Redis: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35871462
This is really inspiring. Reminds me of the quote "A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." The interesting question of course is how to evolve a simple system into a successful complex system. One thing that seems important is nailing the right architecture early on - the simple system must contain all the right ideas in it and it is important to weed out bad ideas before they are entrenched…
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
- 363
- Total comments
- 90
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-28 | LMDB – First Version of Redis Written in Tcl | itamarhaber | 14 | 0 |
| 2017-04-30 | LMDB – First version of Redis written in TclFirst breakout | weeber | 149 | 25 |
| 2017-04-30 | First Version of Redis Written in Tcl | Walkman | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-05-20 | First version of redis written in Tcl | blondin | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-04-30 | LMDB – First version of Redis written in Tcl | fisheuler | 8 | 0 |
| 2023-05-18 | The first version of Redis, written in TclBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | avinassh | 186 | 65 |