How did HN take it?

Most points

  1. Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)3,346 points, 2025
  2. Byran's open-source laptop3,237 points, 2025
  3. I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s2,935 points, 2026
  4. ytch2,741 points, 2024
  5. 20192,690 points, 2019

Most comments

  1. Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)965 comments, 2025
  2. Moltbook885 comments, 2026
  3. Beeper Mini874 comments, 2023
  4. Autism Simulator857 comments, 2025
  5. Warp726 comments, 2022

Most talk per vote

  1. Moltbook885 comments on 287 points
  2. Dating Ring (YC W14)315 comments on 125 points
  3. Doxx Me214 comments on 98 points
  4. AdSkipPro267 comments on 124 points
  5. Should I Get a House?410 comments on 203 points

Most linked later

  1. Hacker News Search11,083 later links
  2. Mastodon1,494 later links
  3. Notion-1,376 later links
  4. Levels.fyi1,068 later links
  5. Fly919 later links

Warmest big thread

  1. Generating fantasy mapsscore +0.70, 64 comments
  2. Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titlesscore +0.69, 260 comments
  3. webOS Archivescore +0.69, 140 comments
  4. Open sourcing Harmonicscore +0.69, 98 comments
  5. MAIMscore +0.67, 65 comments

Coolest big thread

  1. Cartlassiscore -0.77, 50 comments
  2. Job Compassscore -0.75, 58 comments
  3. IAvisascore -0.73, 97 comments
  4. RussianBlockerscore -0.72, 85 comments
  5. CareerGPTscore -0.72, 72 comments

Top of each year

  1. I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s2026, 2,935 points
  2. Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)2025, 3,346 points
  3. ytch2024, 2,741 points
  4. Non.io2023, 1,943 points
  5. Dog Bunny Puzzle2022, 1,859 points
  6. Redbean2021, 1,998 points
  7. TypeLit2020, 1,589 points
  8. 20192019, 2,690 points
  9. Six Degrees of Wikipedia2018, 1,176 points
  10. Airmash2017, 1,535 points
  11. Web Design in 4 minutes2016, 1,624 points
  12. Spot the Drowning Child2015, 1,215 points
  13. Markov chains explained visually2014, 1,070 points
  14. XKCD-inspired StackSort2013, 948 points
  15. Meteor2012, 1,386 points
  16. Codecademy.com2011, 787 points
  17. Etude2010, 318 points
  18. PittPatt face recognition demo2009, 50 points
  19. GitHub on iGoogle2008, 3 points
2008 to 2026

Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page) holds the points record from 2008 to 2026, with 3,346 points.