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 orderOn habit building- If you're like me and have tried time and time again on enforcing new habits and failed time and time again: try mindfulness. It's easy to not live in the moment, especially so when a tech centered world makes it so easy to live vicariously. It's okay to make lists of things you want to accomplish and do, but it's not okay to do that often and not do what you originally set out to do. It…
One of the most impactful things I've read was in the interview by Donald Knuth, shared here on HN some time ago: "A person’s success in life is determined by having a high minimum, not a high maximum. If you can do something really well but there are other things at which you’re failing, the latter will hold you back. But if almost everything you do is up there, then you’ve got a good life."
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
- 602
- Total comments
- 102
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-12 | To be great, be good repeatablyFirst breakout · Best thread | stephsmithio | 435 | 46 |
| 2020-11-21 | How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably | marconey | 7 | 0 |
| 2021-12-22 | How to Be Great? Just Be Good, Repeatably | jeremylevy | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-01-10 | The Secret Towards Greatness | radicallyblind | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-12-18 | How to Be Great? Just Be Good, RepeatedlyHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | arjun_krishna1 | 157 | 56 |