The Best Hacker News Posts of 2021
We track 16,623 stories from 2021, averaging 264 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 998 stories. Together they drew 2,677,416 comments, 161 per story on average.
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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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4
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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5
GitHub, fuck your name change
mooseyanon.medium.com · leontrolski · 17 Mar 2021
3.4k pts
2k 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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“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose”
lore.kernel.org · kdbg · 21 Apr 2021
3k pts
1.9k comments
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GitHub Copilot
copilot.github.com · todsacerdoti · 29 Jun 2021
2.9k pts
1.3k comments
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Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberry, Nokia, and GameStop
twitter.com · Miner49er · 28 Jan 2021
2.7k pts
1.6k comments
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10
A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing
kleinbottle.com · _Robbie · 30 Jun 2021
2.7k pts
602 comments
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11
The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used
pluralistic.net · samizdis · 21 Sep 2021
2.7k pts
1.4k comments
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12
Facebook-owned sites were down
facebook.com · nabeards · 4 Oct 2021
2.6k pts
1.3k comments
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16
Internal Combustion Engine
ciechanow.ski · algui91 · 30 Apr 2021
2.3k pts
393 comments
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17
Stack Overflow sold to Prosus for $1.8B
wsj.com · DavidWilkinson · 2 Jun 2021
2.3k pts
846 comments
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18
Apple's plan to “think different” about encryption opens a backdoor to your life
eff.org · bbatsell · 5 Aug 2021
2.3k pts
824 comments
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WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app
arstechnica.com · erwinmatijsen · 6 Jan 2021
2.3k pts
1.1k comments
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20
Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps
google.com · edge17 · 20 Dec 2021
2.2k pts
373 comments
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21
There are no results for tank man
bing.com · rcoveson · 4 Jun 2021
2.1k pts
534 comments
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John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
bbc.com · ews · 23 Jun 2021
2.1k pts
1.1k comments
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23
The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
typesense.org · karterk · 14 Jul 2021
2.1k pts
579 comments
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24
Disclosure of three 0-day iOS vulnerabilities
habr.com · jayhoon · 24 Sep 2021
2k pts
456 comments
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25
Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
twitter.com · benhurmarcel · 8 Feb 2021
2k pts
1.2k comments
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26
Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible?
lmueongoqx · 7 Apr 2021
2k pts
1.1k comments
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27
Select a muscle and it provides the exercises to workout the selected muscle
musclewiki.com · punkspider · 21 Jan 2021
2k pts
329 comments
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28
Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
twitter.com · redsolver · 29 Jan 2021
2k pts
940 comments
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29
Show HN: Redbean – Single-file distributable web server
justine.lol · jart · 26 Feb 2021
2k pts
249 comments
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30
U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests
npr.org · fortran77 · 6 Jan 2021
2k pts
2.4k comments
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31
Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump
blog.twitter.com · minimaxir · 8 Jan 2021
2k pts
2k comments
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32
Whistleblower: Ubiquiti Breach “Catastrophic”
krebsonsecurity.com · picture · 30 Mar 2021
1.9k pts
785 comments
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33
Email from Jeff Bezos to employees
aboutamazon.com · marc__1 · 2 Feb 2021
1.9k pts
1k comments
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34
IoT hacking and rickrolling my high school district
whitehoodhacker.net · revicon · 12 Oct 2021
1.9k pts
383 comments
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35
Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer
signal.org · derekerdmann · 21 Apr 2021
1.9k pts
332 comments
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36
Linux bans University of Minnesota for sending buggy patches in name of research
neowin.net · prsutherland · 21 Apr 2021
1.9k pts
8 comments
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38
Willingness to look stupid
danluu.com · ZephyrBlu · 21 Oct 2021
1.9k pts
777 comments
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39
Hosting SQLite databases on GitHub Pages or any static file hoster
phiresky.github.io · phiresky · 2 May 2021
1.8k pts
244 comments
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40
Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it
imgur.com · jandll · 18 Feb 2021
1.8k pts
812 comments
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41
I wrote a children's book / illustrated guide to Apache Kafka
gentlydownthe.stream · mitchum_ · 17 Jun 2021
1.8k pts
226 comments
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42
Uber discovered they’d been defrauded out of 2/3 of their ad spend
twitter.com · rbanffy · 3 Jan 2021
1.8k pts
891 comments
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43
Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources
reuters.com · spenvo · 12 Aug 2021
1.8k pts
813 comments
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44
Sir Clive Sinclair has died
theguardian.com · haasted · 16 Sep 2021
1.7k pts
438 comments
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45
The top-ranking HTML editor on Google is an SEO scam
casparwre.de · caspii · 7 Jun 2021
1.7k pts
395 comments
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46
GitHub is fully available in Iran
github.blog · todsacerdoti · 5 Jan 2021
1.7k pts
483 comments
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47
My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies
daliaawad28.medium.com · daliaawad · 24 Feb 2021
1.7k pts
460 comments
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48
Google Safe Browsing can kill a startup
gomox.medium.com · gomox · 16 Jan 2021
1.7k pts
543 comments
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49
Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership position at Stripe
danrocks · 30 Nov 2021
1.7k pts
655 comments
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50
I resigned from Twitter
twitter.com · ryzvonusef · 29 Nov 2021
1.7k pts
1.1k comments
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51
Github1s – One second to read GitHub code with VS Code
github.com · tardismechanic · 9 Feb 2021
1.7k pts
214 comments
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53
I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service
tinyprojects.dev · tinyprojects · 11 Mar 2021
1.7k pts
612 comments
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55
Draw an iceberg and see how it would float in water
joshdata.me · raldi · 20 Feb 2021
1.7k pts
171 comments
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56
Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do?
ConfessionTime · 16 Dec 2021
1.7k pts
1.1k comments
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57
Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
youtube.com · malloreon · 18 Feb 2021
1.7k pts
495 comments
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58
Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge
blog.ethereum.org · vishnu_ks · 18 May 2021
1.7k pts
1.7k comments
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59
AWS us-east-1 outage
status.aws.amazon.com · judge2020 · 7 Dec 2021
1.7k pts
957 comments
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60
MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch
apple.com · 0xedb · 18 Oct 2021
1.7k pts
2.1k comments
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