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 orderLong live WordStar and it's many brethren! I got addicted to it when coding Z80 assembler on CP/M in the late 70's and my life since then has been on a constant lookout for an equally good program in other OS's. In Linux and MacOS terminals there's Joe, a godsend. But since I use Qt a lot, of course the first thing I wrote was a Wordstar clone plugin for Qt Creator. Not possible to survive otherwise :-)
My dad, Seymour Rubinstein, created WordStar. It’s amazing to witness this homage to its enduring legacy.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22197158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17549189
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
- 319
- Total comments
- 226
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-17 | WordTsar – A Wordstar cloneFirst breakout | valeg | 108 | 85 |
| 2020-01-30 | WordTsar – WordStar for the 21st Century | app4soft | 5 | 0 |
| 2020-11-01 | WordTsar: A Wordstar Clone | fanf2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021-05-31 | WordTsar, a WordStar CloneBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | rhabarba | 203 | 140 |