The Graphing Calculator Story - a developer who refused to leave
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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 order(2004), but I gave it an upvote because (a) it is a great story and (b) it has a great quote in it: It is a cliche in our business that the first 90 percent of the work is easy, the second 90 percent wears you down, and the last 90 percent - the attention to detail - makes a good product.
If you liked this story, https://www.folklore.org/ is a treasure trove of more Apple folklore.
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
- 468
- Total comments
- 53
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-07 | The Graphing Calculator Story - a developer who refused to leaveFirst breakout · Best thread | cavedave | 331 | 32 |
| 2012-05-14 | Graphing Calculator Story | ColinWright | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-04-07 | The Graphing Calculator Story (2004)Latest 20+ point return | Nuance | 133 | 21 |
| 2022-03-10 | The Graphing Calculator Story (2004) | graderjs | 2 | 0 |