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 orderWe use Figma at work, and while it’s a nice tool I think it’s easy to fall (or maybe we just fell) into a kind of uncanny valley. The designs we get are close to realistic mockups of our actual UI, but are often not 100% there, and it’s the little deviations that can be quite distracting. Engineer: So are we changing the nav icons as part of this story, too? Designer: Oh, no, ignore that. I didn’t have our…
It doesn't win for me. I needed some kind of vector program just to create a logo so I used it. I had to download the desktop version because that was the only way to access the fonts installed on my computer. I then uninstalled it after a while because I only needed it for that one thing. After a few months I look at my running processes and see some figma thing running in the background that was never…
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
- 454
- Total comments
- 245
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-19 | Why Figma Wins | saadalem | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-06-19 | Why Figma Wins | jawngee | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-06-20 | Why Figma WinsFirst breakout · Best thread | adriand | 385 | 181 |
| 2021-09-20 | Why Figma Wins (2020)Latest 20+ point return | conanxin | 61 | 64 |
| 2023-09-07 | Why Figma Wins: Design Inclusivity and Cross-Side Network Effects | kurinikku | 3 | 0 |