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 orderLooking at the skills section on his webpage: http://www.cirosantilli.com/skills/ This seems like the most honest self-assessment I have seen of one's skills.
These are good examples and this might be slightly off topic but I wish that there were more resources on how modern x86 platforms actually work instead of using these legacy interfaces that are either emulated in SMM with IO port trapping or relegated to requiring chipset hacks to keep them working (such as VGA device hacks in the PCI spec or well known chipset legacy IO ports decoding to the LPC bridge). While it is essentially impossible to truly…
Previously at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19428700
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
- 796
- Total comments
- 77
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-19 | x86 Bare Metal ExamplesFirst breakout · Best thread | Cieplak | 513 | 55 |
| 2021-01-19 | x86 Bare Metal Examples | hypomnemata | 4 | 1 |
| 2021-06-27 | x86 Bare Metal Examples: Minimal operating systems, learn x86 system programmingLatest 20+ point return | peter_d_sherman | 279 | 21 |