Show HN: Replay Iconic HN Stories (hn.unlurker.com)

3 points by jasonthorsness 1y ago ↗ HN

Do you remember when Dropbox was announced? Bitcoin? Go?

Hacker News remembers. It has become one of the best databases of post-2006 tech history.

I attempted to recreate the feeling of "being there" for noteworthy discussions by animating the comments as they unfold:

Dropbox introduced

https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=8863

Nobody cares about Chrome?

https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=292634

Early Bitcoin (this one is a bit of a joke. I hope you bought some, jdoliner)

https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=599852

Go Language Announced

https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=934142

Stripe Introduced

https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=3053883

More in drop-down on the site or enter any other item ID. Better on desktop.

2 comments

[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 12.3 ms ] thread

gus_massa 1y ago ↗

Why do the comments disappear?

Why only some selected stories and not anyone?

jasonthorsness 1y ago ↗

The comments stay visible for the “window” period in the upper right. If they didn’t disappear it gets too crowded. You can make the window bigger to see this.

I picked some cool stories but you can type any story ID to see that one.

Thanks for taking a look!