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.
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HN comment orderGreat fun. One minor nitpick - the story of "Apache Server" being originally derived from "A Patchy Server" is a long-standing myth; the name was originally intended to be a tribute to the Apache Native American peoples. The Wikipedia article on Apache (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server) includes a link to an interview with Brian Behlendorf (http://www.linux-mag.com/id/472/) where he explains how the story arose.
This alone was worth opening the page: > argonaut-* > (server-client distributed deployment infrastructure) for some of the package descriptions in the suite this name is a groan-inducingly obvious Greek-mythology pun, but others don't even mention that its message protocol is encoded in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON "Jason")
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
- 673
- Total comments
- 163
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-05 | Why the name?First breakout · Best thread | xai3luGi | 352 | 93 |
| 2016-09-06 | WhyTheName: “how come the package yasysmand-cling has such a strange name?” | jwilk | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-09-10 | An IT-etymology/linuxguistics page | JetSpiegel | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-04-06 | WhyTheNameLatest 20+ point return | thristian | 317 | 70 |
| 2022-02-23 | Page for people wondering origin of package namesHall induction | kondor6c | 1 | 0 |