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 orderI find that my problem isn't finding services that match a requirement I have, but picking which one to use. It's totally overwhelming how many services do pretty much exactly the same thing these days. I love that it's like this in the sense that there's healthy competition and they're all pushing each other forward, giving each other ideas to improve, etc... but as a pure consumer of these services, it's incredibly daunting to actually choose which to use.
Is anyone surprised that so many of those are payed services instead of OSS projects? I understand payroll, analytics and others like such. But things like bug trackers, dashboards, CIs, exception handling, log monitoring. At some level maybe it is a bit like selling shovels during a gold rush. Find what most start-ups need and monetize that. The gold prospector has a high chance of going home empty-handed, but he will surely need a shovel to even start digging.
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
- 905
- Total comments
- 194
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-13 | Show HN: A mostly complete 2014 "Tools of the Trade"First breakout | cjbarber | 321 | 96 |
| 2016-05-23 | HN Tools of the Trade | iyn | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-09-08 | Tools of the Trade, from Hacker NewsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | rayascott | 581 | 98 |