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Classic articles that get frequently reposted on Hacker News.
2017Million WebSockets and Go (gbws.io)
210 points | 5 years ago with 34 comments
2013Infosec's Jerk Problem (adversari.es)
210 points | 9 years ago with 130 comments
2013Audio Fingerprinting with Python and Numpy (willdrevo.com)
210 points | 9 years ago with 40 comments
2007Architecture of a Database System (db.cs.berkeley.edu)
210 points | 7 years ago with 13 comments
2014Avoid buying in HOA neighborhoods (outofyourrut.com)
210 points | 4 years ago with 456 comments
2018Learn to write your first OS kernel (github.com)
210 points | 5 years ago with 12 comments
2015If your cipher were secure, this image wouldn't have repeating patterns (mailarchive.ietf.org)
210 points | 5 years ago with 153 comments
2016How to Get Fired Using Switch Statements and Statement Expressions (blog.robertelder.org)
209 points | 5 years ago with 132 comments
2007Tree traversal without recursion: the tree as a state machine (plasmasturm.org)
209 points | 6 years ago with 77 comments
1852The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro (historyisaweapon.com)
209 points | 7 years ago with 164 comments
1952Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning (techchannel.att.com)
209 points | 4 years ago with 51 comments
2015NULL: The worst mistake of computer science? (lucidchart.com)
209 points | 6 years ago with 368 comments
2019Are deep neural networks dramatically overfitted? (lilianweng.github.io)
209 points | 4 years ago with 79 comments
2018Finding a kernel regression in half an hour with git bisect run (ldpreload.com)
209 points | 4 years ago with 39 comments
2018The Mathematics of 2048: Optimal Play with Markov Decision Processes (jdlm.info)
209 points | 4 years ago with 50 comments
2014Inside Erlang – Joe Armstrong tells his story (wcm.ericsson.net)
209 points | 6 years ago with 26 comments
2016“Evidence-based medicine has been hijacked”: John Ioannidis (retractionwatch.com)
209 points | 6 years ago with 76 comments
2000Why OO Sucks by Joe Armstrong (harmful.cat-v.org)
209 points | 4 years ago with 278 comments
2016Associations of Cognitive Function with Carbon Dioxide and Ventilation (dash.harvard.edu)
209 points | 6 years ago with 87 comments
2009The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wrong (stackoverflow.blog)
209 points | 4 years ago with 447 comments
2008Mona Lisa in 50 polygons, using a genetic algorithm (rogeralsing.com)
209 points | 12 years ago with 53 comments
2009Why Is C Faster Than Java (marc.info)
209 points | 3 years ago with 366 comments
2016The New York Public Library’s Last, Secret Apartments (atlasobscura.com)
209 points | 4 years ago with 60 comments
2011Subtractive synths explained (residentadvisor.net)
209 points | 6 years ago with 76 comments
2017Joy.js – make happy little programs (ncase.me)
209 points | 3 years ago with 19 comments
2000The Passport Payment (web.archive.org)
209 points | 5 years ago with 52 comments
2012Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (righto.com)
208 points | 4 years ago with 158 comments
2011Hard work vs. Long work (seths.blog)
208 points | 5 years ago with 59 comments
2010Genetic Algorithms Produce Winning StarCraft II Build Order (rockpapershotgun.com)
208 points | 11 years ago with 50 comments
1996How Brian Eno composed the Windows 95 startup sound (sfgate.com)
208 points | 3 years ago with 85 comments
2013How to sleep a million years (idea.popcount.org)
208 points | 7 years ago with 21 comments
1985Microsoft Has It All—Almost (nytimes.com)
208 points | 7 years ago with 146 comments
2009Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts (scientificamerican.com)
208 points | 8 years ago with 133 comments
2018Why Is the Human Brain So Efficient? (nautil.us)
208 points | 5 years ago with 166 comments
2008Using Programming Language Concepts to Teach General Thinking Skills (people.csail.mit.edu)
208 points | 8 years ago with 30 comments
1974Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (paulgraham.com)
208 points | 9 years ago with 104 comments
2005Google Will Eat Itself (gwei.org)
208 points | 6 years ago with 65 comments
2002A guide on how to be a Programmer (github.com)
207 points | 9 years ago with 44 comments
2019The US military launched 500M needles into space (todayifoundout.com)
207 points | 3 years ago with 137 comments
2006Refuse to be terrorized (wired.com)
207 points | 14 years ago with 83 comments
2010Why are bones not made of steel? (materialstoday.com)
207 points | 7 years ago with 159 comments
2000Basics of Compiler Design (hjemmesider.diku.dk)
207 points | 5 years ago with 34 comments
2005What were Einstein and Gödel talking about? (newyorker.com)
207 points | 9 years ago with 58 comments
2015Flat Design vs. Traditional Design: Comparative Experimental Study (researchgate.net)
207 points | 6 years ago with 137 comments
2013How FPGAs work, and why people will buy them (embeddedrelated.com)
207 points | 7 years ago with 118 comments
2014Why does the USA use 110V and UK use 230-240V? (electronics.stackexchange.com)
207 points | 2 years ago with 743 comments
2016Offshoring roulette: lessons from outsourcing (troyhunt.com)
207 points | 5 years ago with 105 comments
2013Reversing Sinclair's 1974 calculator hack (files.righto.com)
207 points | 4 years ago with 54 comments
2010Why the sun is a poor dumping ground for nuclear waste (csicop.org)
207 points | 10 years ago with 171 comments
2016Reddit’s CEO edited comments that criticized him (theverge.com)
207 points | 2 years ago with 34 comments
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