This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine
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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.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderIn a similar fashion of transforming the mechanics of code as art, this reminds me of code poetry. Here is my favorite, Capsized by Zak Kain for Stanford's Code Poetry Slam: .ocean { color: cornflowerblue; pitch: high; overflow: visible; } .boat { color: firebrick; transform: rotate(94deg); float: none; } .rescue-team { visibility: visible; } .crew { widows: none; } https://web.archive.org/web/20170522035639/http://stanford.e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine_(computing) Until today I wondered why on Earth "quine" might mean "A program that outputs its own source" and it turns out to be a tribute to a guy called Quine who did a lot of work on self-referential logic.
I especially like that most of the commit messages for this site keep with the quine theme (sorta) and are just "git commit . -m" https://github.com/secretGeek/html_wysiwyg/commits/master
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
- 3
- Total points
- 1898
- Total comments
- 317
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-04 | Show HN: This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quineFirst breakout | LeonB | 633 | 94 |
| 2020-10-19 | This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quineBest thread | Symmetry | 952 | 179 |
| 2022-09-25 | This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine (2019)Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 311 | 44 |
| 2025-05-02 | Page is a naked, brutalist HTML quine (2019) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |