Hacker News Way Back Machine

• Rails and Merb Merge · 155 points · by jarnold · 52 comments
• Ask YC: Let's start a Hacker News book club · 126 points · by robertk · 79 comments
• Your idea sucks, now go do it anyway · 112 points · by joel_liu · 16 comments
• How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days (by the World of Goo people) · 104 points · by pchristensen · 11 comments
• Merb gets merged into Rails 3 · 77 points · by mojombo · 10 comments
• Long URLs Please · 71 points · by bdfh42 · 21 comments
• Diary of a Self-Help Dropout: Flirting With the 4-Hour Workweek · 66 points · by qaexl · 18 comments
• Why Learning Haskell/Python Makes You a Worse Programmer · 66 points · by antiform · 50 comments
• Ask HN: How do you deal with mental illness? · 52 points · by time_management · 87 comments
• The Day Merb Joined Rails · 49 points · by KB · 12 comments
• Blind Man Sees With Subconscious Eye · 45 points · by ksvs · 21 comments
• The Dumbest Interview Question · 36 points · by spydez · 47 comments
• Private · 35 points · by naish · 11 comments
• Startups that are actually making money...not on advertising... · 34 points · by smysore · 31 comments
• Merb is Rails · 33 points · by qhoxie · 12 comments
• Happy Holidays HN: our new web app for easy sharing with your family · 33 points · by markbao · 37 comments
• You Know Chrysler is Toast Because · 28 points · by fallentimes · 31 comments
• High-Performance Click Analysis with MySQL · 26 points · by ajbatac · 2 comments
• Viktor Bout, arms-dealer extraordinaire - Flying anything to anybody · 26 points · by tortilla · 2 comments
• Moving to Argentina · 26 points · by guiseppecalzone · 46 comments
• The New Indie Videogame Movement · 25 points · by sah · 24 comments
• In the Beginning was the Command Line, by Neal Stephenson · 24 points · by andreyf · 12 comments
• How to reduce procrastination · 23 points · by bd · 11 comments
• Conspiracy Theory:The real story behind PlentyofFish · 20 points · by ceonyc · 23 comments
• Ioke 0 released · 19 points · by jjames · 5 comments
• Notifications, indicators and alerts (in Ubuntu) · 18 points · by alexkay · 2 comments
• What Japanese toilets taught me about the auto industry · 18 points · by chaostheory · 13 comments
• A peek at Extra Extra, an internal 37signals app · 18 points · by danw · 5 comments
• Windows 7: "The Linux Killer" · 17 points · by adnam · 66 comments
• How Much Has Harvard Really Lost? · 17 points · by bd · 11 comments
• Why wouldn’t a bank pay out 100 percent of feds money as executive bonuses? · 15 points · by old-gregg · 5 comments
• Powerbeam steps closer to launching wireless electricity · 13 points · by ojbyrne · 5 comments
• How to launch a new product · 13 points · by jasonlbaptiste · 10 comments
• Ask HN: review my app · 13 points · by hotshothenry · 23 comments
• Ruby on Rails Documentation (formatted for the iPhone) · 13 points · by zaveri · 1 comment
• irb & script/console tips · 13 points · by tortilla · 1 comment
• Online v. print reading: which one makes us smarter? · 13 points · by yagibear · 5 comments
• Krugman - Life Without Bubbles · 11 points · by Anon84 · 15 comments
• Ignore the Web? Good luck with that · 11 points · by astrec · 3 comments
• Isocity · 10 points · by helveticaman · 5 comments
• Eventually Consistent - Revisited · 10 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Coding Horror: Pressing the Software Turbo Button · 9 points · by twampss · 13 comments
• Swarm: A true distributed programming language · 9 points · by prakash · 2 comments
• The Cellphone That Could Change the World · 8 points · by babul · 1 comment
• Date Range Picker with jQuery UI · 7 points · by senthil_rajasek · 1 comment
• Smoother image scaling for IE6/IE7 · 6 points · by bd · no comments
• Visualization Strategies: Hierarchical Data · 5 points · by nreece · no comments
• ScienceNews.org: Superglass could be new state of matter · 5 points · by dpurp · 4 comments
• Blindsight: the brain’s primitive, subconscious visual system · 5 points · by divia · no comments
• Rebuilding SvN in 18 minutes · 5 points · by rrhyne · 2 comments
• JavaScript Archive Network - CPAN for JavaScript · 4 points · by ambition · 1 comment
• Why Java is Most Popular Language? · 4 points · by nreece · 7 comments
• The Rise of the Four-Day Work Week? · 4 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Fry's executive arrested in $65 million fraud to pay off Vegas gambling debts · 4 points · by peter123 · no comments
• Python Compiler Internals · 4 points · by mace · no comments
• Feature proposal: a way to order comments by posting date · 4 points · by albertcardona · 2 comments
• PHP REST SQL: A HTTP REST interface to MySQL · 4 points · by danw · 3 comments
• Hobo - the web application builder for Rails · 4 points · by madmotive · no comments
• Ruby Developer? You’ve Got 24 Hours to Apply for a $11,000 Prize · 4 points · by petercooper · no comments
• From the Department of Badly Chosen Defaults · 3 points · by petercooper · no comments
• USB Flash Drive Comparison - 21 Tested and Compared · 3 points · by thomas · no comments
• In Google we trust? · 3 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Gmail annoyances Google needs to fix · 3 points · by ajbatac · 5 comments
• Colorado newspaper employees go online with survival plea · 3 points · by dhimes · no comments
• Look out, Amazon: iPhone gets real e-books · 3 points · by fromedome · no comments
• Washington Out Of Control · 3 points · by fnazeeri · no comments
• Guy uses Google street view to propose · 3 points · by seshagiric · no comments
• Left 4k Dead - Survival Zombie Game in 4k of Java. · 3 points · by oconnor0 · no comments
• A Highly Evolved Propensity for Deceit · 3 points · by robg · no comments
• The Usefulness and Howto of Website Performance Tweaks · 3 points · by jrnkntl · no comments
• Oh My God, It's 1993 Again! Historical data defuses "Depression" talk · 3 points · by replicatorblog · 3 comments
• Developer, a job you "fall into" · 3 points · by ObieJazz · no comments
• The Long Tail Theory Gets Challenged, Just Not in Search Query Demand · 3 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Our new archives · 3 points · by epi0Bauqu · no comments
• Ask HN: What are you doing differently due to the "economic crisis"? · 3 points · by ConradHex · 2 comments
• Thinking Machine: The machine's thought process · 3 points · by Haskell · 2 comments
• Startup Looking for a Hacker · 3 points · by nickend · 4 comments
• Techfuga-if-techmeme-and-alltop-had a baby · 3 points · by nancytech · 2 comments
• Techfuga: get to basics... · 3 points · by techfuga · 2 comments
• A Guide to The Contextual Web · 3 points · by roblocop · no comments
• Zeldman: Presentation from Gain 2008: Understanding Web Design (empathize with your users) · 3 points · by johns · no comments
• Do programmers read books? Or is the book industry dead? · 2 points · by joel_liu · 1 comment
• Review my site: StatTweets.com · 2 points · by RobbieStats · 1 comment
• Protecting php applications with PHPIDS · 2 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Australia may filter P2P/BitTorrent traffic · 2 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Lua: A Powerful Scripting Language · 2 points · by nreece · 1 comment
• Interview with Brent Simmons, Creator of NetNewsWire · 2 points · by petercooper · no comments
• Absolute Columns · 2 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Hack your Own Web Project ? SQL Injection · 2 points · by sinu9i · 1 comment
• Vega framework for transparent scaling through a portable continuation-based approach · 2 points · by nreece · no comments
• Japanese "Coolpad" resembles Spaceship · 2 points · by netbookstation · no comments
• Some Revenue Models For Tough Times · 2 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Cognitive Computing: Building A Machine That Can Learn From Experience · 2 points · by alexandros · no comments
• The Last Traffic Jam - The Atlantic (October 1972) · 2 points · by kalvin · no comments
• Hubris vs. Humility · 2 points · by terpua · no comments
• Ping.fm Gets Some Cash to Help You Market Your Company · 2 points · by villageidiot · 1 comment
• Scaling Atlassian - March 2008 - SlideShare · 2 points · by joel_liu · no comments
• A second mortgage shock heading for the economy · 2 points · by raheemm · no comments
• Animoto On The iPhone: Trust Me, You Want It · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• Stack Overflow: Vote Fraud and You · 2 points · by twampss · 1 comment
• State of the Twittersphere - Q4 2008 Report · 2 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Python 3.0 Primer, Part 1: What's New · 2 points · by twampss · no comments
• Ask HN: Domain management? · 2 points · by pstinnett · 7 comments
• A Dream Home for the True Blue Apple Fan · 2 points · by raju · no comments
• Build a Basic Stamp supercomputer · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Qooxdoo 0.8.1 and Playground · 2 points · by bdfh42 · no comments
• Oracle speaks about the state of the economy. · 2 points · by olefoo · 1 comment
• Who was Ponzi -- what the heck was his scheme? · 2 points · by dcurtis · 3 comments
• Analysis: RIAA Strategy Shift Mired in Murky Legal Waters · 2 points · by ksvs · no comments
• Why do firms adjust by cutting workers rather than by cutting wages? · 2 points · by dangoldin · 5 comments
• Startup Interview: Desk Away – Simplify Teamwork · 2 points · by praval · 1 comment
• Fun with Threads · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• Design Fast Websites (Don’t Blame the Rounded Corners) · 2 points · by sh1mmer · no comments
• Twitter is getting four nines uptime, but questions about the business model remain · 2 points · by ilamont · 1 comment
• A summary of green(er) transportation progress in 2008 · 2 points · by MikeCapone · no comments
• Rethinking Cars · 2 points · by ph0rque · no comments
• 23 Top 10 Lists for Tech in 2008 · 2 points · by CollegeMogul · no comments
• The entropy of code · 2 points · by mixmax · 1 comment
• 3 Reasons to buy a Netbooks instead of a Puppy · 2 points · by netbookstation · no comments
• Low Ambition - Ideas For Breaking Even · 2 points · by speric · 2 comments
• Tweet A Last-Minute Gift To Charity · 2 points · by ivankirigin · no comments
• Population growth speeds up Evolution · 2 points · by thras · no comments
• Is Merb Rails? · 2 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• DB2 on Mac officially released · 2 points · by acangiano · no comments
• I like to think about our public schools as... a lucrative enterprise? · 2 points · by astrec · 1 comment
• Redeye VC: Top 10 Blackberry Applications · 1 points · by jkopelman · no comments
• 15+ years of WIRED · 1 points · by jkopelman · no comments
• Hulu Changing Our Online Video Viewing Habits · 1 points · by dell9000 · no comments
• Ask HN: lighttpd and Rhino - Need some hacker help · 1 points · by geuis · 1 comment
• 5 Reasons You Should Learn About Social Media · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Free And Ajaxed IMAP Client: Xuheki · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Why syntax is becoming less painful · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Report Says Twitter Would Take 36 Years to Catch Facebook · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Social Media is Relevant · 1 points · by iamdave · no comments
• Get Stuff done with a calendar of every day you commit to an Open Source project on Github · 1 points · by sh1mmer · no comments
• Goal driven performance optimization · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Inside AdSense: Light up your site · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Using Twitter for Distributed Fundraising · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• An end to the Google bonus fairytale? · 1 points · by ajbatac · 2 comments
• The 8 Report and Other Gems · 1 points · by ajbatac · no comments
• Apple Form Factor Evolution · 1 points · by nreece · no comments
• Donate to Wikipedia · 1 points · by abl · 1 comment
• The State Of The Twittersphere (HubSpot Edition) · 1 points · by jmorin007 · no comments
• Power from garbage? · 1 points · by megha · no comments
• Northridge Crash—Two Teens Fatally Injured · 1 points · by injuryattorneys · no comments
• Does anyone know about Twitter's funding? · 1 points · by mp3jeep01 · 1 comment
• The Santaland Patents: 125 Years of Kris Kringle-Related Inventions · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• Malevolent MALEV Airlines Threatens Independent Investigative Media · 1 points · by ycmnn · no comments
• CARP hashing != balanced · 1 points · by timtrueman · no comments
• IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service · 1 points · by frisco · 1 comment
• The Myth of the Active Investor · 1 points · by davidw · 2 comments
• How much productivity are you costing your company? · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Serving Mutliple Templates in Django · 1 points · by NehaS · no comments
• American Playground building to be demolished · 1 points · by megha · no comments
• Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 10 · 1 points · by joschi · no comments
• A SQL Server Security Hole “Could Allow Remote Code Execution” · 1 points · by ScottWhigham · no comments
• Medical Coding Certification · 1 points · by codingsite · no comments
• Bellezza da spalmare - Benvenuti in Pianeta Donna · 1 points · by jerotz · no comments
• The Myth of Digital Democracy. · 1 points · by robg · no comments
• Will Ferrell site, Funny Or Die, raises $3 million · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Ask HN: SaaS vs. distributed app · 1 points · by undertoad · 2 comments
• Star issue 313 to encourage Google App Engine team to provide distributed transactions. · 1 points · by amichail · 3 comments
• Merry Grav-mass · 1 points · by pfedor · 1 comment
• Britain: Job-losing workers unload secret office data · 1 points · by ycmnn · 2 comments
• FLOSS Manuals sprints to build quality free documentation for free software · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• US questions net overhaul plans · 1 points · by parenthesis · no comments
• Subversion Hooks Best Practices - Part 1 · 1 points · by leftnode · 1 comment
• Precipitate - Spotlight/Mac Google Desktop integration for Google Docs · 1 points · by ambition · no comments
• What's the coolest app that doesn't work on the iPhone? · 1 points · by bdfh42 · 2 comments
• World of Warcraft Players Need Not Apply · 1 points · by razorburn · 1 comment
• A Haven for User Data · 1 points · by sh1mmer · no comments
• Friedman Would Be Roiled as Chicago Disciples Rue Repudiation · 1 points · by lnguyen · no comments
• A Swedish Commercial featuring the Tesla Roadster · 1 points · by MikeCapone · 1 comment
• Project Gutenberg Releases Mobile eBooks · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Scott Adams Blog: Warren Buffett and You · 1 points · by sarvesh · no comments
• Has Stagnating Innovation Led To This Economic Crisis? · 1 points · by gamble · no comments
• Lengthening Out URLs · 1 points · by raju · no comments
• Whats new in SQL Server 2008 · 1 points · by john · 1 comment
• Pretty funny...a site meant for php tutorials has a php error (see comments)... · 1 points · by mp3jeep01 · 1 comment
• GateHouse: You’re doing it wrong · 1 points · by IsaacSchlueter · no comments
• Google Replacing Some Cash Bonuses with Android Phones · 1 points · by byrneseyeview · no comments
• Targeted Advertising Challenges · 1 points · by raminnaimi · no comments
• Ask HN: Rate my webapp · 1 points · by vorador · 4 comments
• Microsoft Layoffs? · 1 points · by phr · 1 comment
• Carbon Nanotubes Will Rewire Your Brain, Make You Smarter · 1 points · by bd · 1 comment
• Official google.org Blog: Sharpening our focus in global development · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Krugman: We're In For A Year Of "Economic Hell" · 1 points · by Anon84 · 1 comment
• Will "core gamers" or casual gamers keep the gaming industry afloat? · 1 points · by ilamont · no comments
• Waking Up from the 'Nightmare on Tech Street' · 1 points · by tonystubblebine · 2 comments
• Ask HN: A good online broker without Windows · 1 points · by shollos · 1 comment
• VHS is dead. Next: DVD. Then Blu-Ray. · 1 points · by technologizer · no comments
• OpenFriends Initiative Launches to Save Drowning Social Surfers · 1 points · by CollegeMogul · no comments
• Annual “cutting the Long Tail down to size” roundup · 1 points · by Anon84 · no comments
• Will Rails go the Struts 1 way ? · 1 points · by dnene · no comments
• What Will You Do Differently Next Time? · 1 points · by agentbleu · no comments
• VIDEO - Old Xmas-y IT Administrator / Geek Song "My Favorite Things" · 1 points · by gqwu · no comments
• Merb and Rails Sitting in a Tree · 1 points · by qhoxie · no comments
• How to get 3 free months of XM/Sirius Radio (for current subscribers) · 1 points · by ten7 · no comments
• Apologize · 1 points · by sant0sk1 · 1 comment
• Design Fast Websites (Don't Blame the Rounded Corners) · 1 points · by wird · no comments
• NASA Taps SpaceX, Orbital Sciences to Haul Cargo to Space Station · 1 points · by mk · no comments
• Ask HN: Why no search bar? · 1 points · by jdp · 2 comments
• Hacking an OpenSearch plugin to sync with your Adsense Account · 1 points · by ggwarpig · no comments
• Knewton Takes Adaptive Learning To The Next Level · 1 points · by jkopelman · no comments