The Best Hacker News Posts of All Time
We track 251,901 stories from Hacker News, averaging 205 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 16,284 stories. Together they drew 28,280,532 comments, 112 per story on average.
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OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
openai.com · davidbarker · 17 Nov 2023
5.7k pts
2.5k comments
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Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
openwall.com · rkta · 29 Mar 2024
4.5k pts
1.8k comments
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CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
old.reddit.com · BLKNSLVR · 19 Jul 2024
4.5k pts
3.9k comments
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Steve Jobs has passed away.
apple.com · patricktomas · 5 Oct 2011
4.3k pts
363 comments
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Bram Moolenaar has died
groups.google.com · wufocaculura · 5 Aug 2023
4.3k pts
428 comments
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YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
github.com · phantop · 23 Oct 2020
4.2k pts
1.4k comments
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Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
news.ycombinator.com · usefulposter · 11 Mar 2026
4.2k pts
1.7k comments
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Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber
susanjfowler.com · grey-area · 19 Feb 2017
4.1k pts
1k comments
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Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]
supremecourt.gov · pdoconnell · 5 Apr 2021
4.1k pts
932 comments
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Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
intuitiveexplanations.com · raxod502 · 7 Jun 2021
4k pts
1.3k comments
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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%
nee.lv · kuroguro · 28 Feb 2021
3.9k pts
699 comments
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Kevin Mitnick has died
dignitymemorial.com · thirtyseven · 19 Jul 2023
3.7k pts
613 comments
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Sora: Creating video from text
openai.com · davidbarker · 15 Feb 2024
3.6k pts
2.2k comments
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Every Google result now looks like an ad
twitter.com · cmod · 21 Jan 2020
3.6k pts
972 comments
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Show HN: This up votes itself
news.ycombinator.com · olalonde · 23 Mar 2012
3.5k pts
82 comments
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Ghostty is leaving GitHub
mitchellh.com · WadeGrimridge · 28 Apr 2026
3.5k pts
1.1k comments
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A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design
search.marginalia.nu · Funes- · 16 Sep 2021
3.4k pts
717 comments
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Apollo will close down on June 30th
old.reddit.com · timf · 8 Jun 2023
3.4k pts
1.6k comments
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Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year
mahadk.com · JustSkyfall · 18 Sep 2025
3.4k pts
1.5k comments
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My First Impressions of Web3
moxie.org · natdempk · 7 Jan 2022
3.4k pts
1.1k comments
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Ask HN: I’m an FCC Commissioner proposing regulation of IoT security updates
SimingtonFCC · 5 Sep 2023
3.4k pts
925 comments
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F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
nytimes.com · panny · 14 Dec 2017
3.4k pts
1.4k comments
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Bing: “I will not harm you unless you harm me first”
simonwillison.net · simonw · 15 Feb 2023
3.4k pts
1.7k comments
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GitHub, fuck your name change
mooseyanon.medium.com · leontrolski · 17 Mar 2021
3.4k pts
2k comments
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Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
dosaygo-studio.github.io · keepamovin · 9 Dec 2025
3.3k pts
965 comments
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Switch from Chrome to Firefox
mozilla.org · WisNorCan · 30 May 2019
3.3k pts
983 comments
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Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?
zachrip · 19 Apr 2020
3.3k pts
473 comments
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Cloudflare Reverse Proxies Are Dumping Uninitialized Memory
bugs.chromium.org · tptacek · 23 Feb 2017
3.2k pts
992 comments
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Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch
byran.ee · byran · 22 Jan 2025
3.2k pts
323 comments
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“Click to subscribe, call to cancel” is illegal, FTC says
niemanlab.org · spzx · 17 Nov 2021
3.2k pts
861 comments
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FDIC Takes over Silicon Valley Bank
fdic.gov · khuey · 10 Mar 2023
3.2k pts
1.6k comments
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Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5
anthropic.com · Dylan1312 · 13 Jun 2026
3.2k pts
2.3k comments
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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
apnews.com · granzymes · 7 Nov 2020
3.1k pts
4.6k comments
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Tim Cook Speaks Up
businessweek.com · replicatorblog · 30 Oct 2014
3.1k pts
974 comments
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Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android
9to5google.com · kotaKat · 25 Aug 2025
3.1k pts
2.3k comments
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Announcing the first SHA-1 collision
security.googleblog.com · pfg · 23 Feb 2017
3k pts
485 comments
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“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
lore.kernel.org · kdbg · 21 Apr 2021
3k pts
1.9k comments
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I Sell Onions on the Internet
deepsouthventures.com · eightturn · 23 Apr 2019
3k pts
435 comments
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macOS High Sierra: Anyone can login as “root” with empty password
twitter.com · vladikoff · 28 Nov 2017
3k pts
1.1k comments
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
techcrunch.com · mpweiher · 6 Feb 2018
3k pts
871 comments
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Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
buzzfeednews.com · minimaxir · 12 May 2020
3k pts
1.3k comments
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Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
bbc.com · yakkomajuri · 28 Feb 2025
2.9k pts
5k comments
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Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s
section33 · 19 Jul 2026
2.9k pts
360 comments
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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War
anthropic.com · qwertox · 26 Feb 2026
2.9k pts
1.6k comments
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GitHub Copilot
copilot.github.com · todsacerdoti · 29 Jun 2021
2.9k pts
1.3k comments
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