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 orderUnexpected: "Xcode 7 and Swift now make it easier for everyone to build apps and run them directly on their Apple devices. Simply sign in with your Apple ID, and turn your idea into an app that you can touch on your iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch. Download Xcode 7 beta and try it yourself today. Program membership is not required."
I have absolutely no dog in this fight other than to express how weird it feels culturally. OS X came with emacs key bindings built in system-wide for anything using the native UI frameworks from at least 10.0, I assume back into NeXT roots. Seeing a dedicated vim mode in Apple’s developer tools 20 years later is quite a thing.
"Wow, I'd love to develop for Mac! Let's see...where's Xcode..." Dev navigates to the App Store. "Ah! Here we are. Now I can make splendid apps for Mac and iOS like I've always want--" He notices the $5 fee...jaw drops, eyes bug out. "What is THIS?! A price for DEV TOOLS?! Confound it all, now I can't develop for the platforms I love!" Buries head in hands, then looks to the heavens. "JOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBS!!!" End scene. -- Working title of this…
"Developing and running your app on your Apple device is as easy as entering your Apple ID into Xcode preferences. Apple Developer Program membership is not required." Is this a recent change? Sounds like a boon to indie devs.
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
- 442
- Total comments
- 311
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-09 | Xcode 4 releasedFirst breakout | grk | 55 | 104 |
| 2015-06-08 | What's new in Xcode 7Best thread | yconst | 252 | 174 |
| 2016-09-13 | Xcode 8 | apogosyan | 44 | 13 |
| 2017-06-05 | What's New in Xcode 9 | andrewbarba | 3 | 1 |
| 2019-06-03 | Xcode 11Hall induction | antfarm | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-06-22 | Xcode 12 | shantara | 1 | 1 |
| 2020-06-24 | Xcode 12 | theBashShell | 3 | 1 |
| 2020-09-16 | Xcode 12 is now available | clajiness | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-06-07 | Xcode 13 adds Vim modeLatest 20+ point return | modernerd | 80 | 17 |
| 2023-09-19 | Xcode 15 Released | tempodox | 1 | 0 |