6,334,553
stories
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43,343,004
comments
[ 18.7 ms ]
1,632,117
users
[ 13.5 ms ]
51,309,674
total records
across 3 objects

Top story authors

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{
  "mode": "aggregate",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "stories",
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    "by"
  ],
  "aggregates": [
    {
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      "alias": "stories"
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  "criteria": [
    {
      "field": "type",
      "op": "eq",
      "value": "story"
    }
  ],
  "order_by": "stories",
  "order": "desc",
  "limit": 20,
  "timeout_ms": 60000
}
  1. 1 rbanffy 37985 stories
  2. 2 tosh 25957 stories
  3. 3 Tomte 25357 stories
  4. 4 mooreds 22149 stories
  5. 5 bookofjoe 21832 stories
  6. 6 pseudolus 19996 stories
  7. 7 PaulHoule 19584 stories
  8. 8 todsacerdoti 17720 stories
  9. 9 ingve 17437 stories
  10. 10 thunderbong 17004 stories
  11. 11 jonbaer 14346 stories
  12. 12 Brajeshwar 14052 stories
  13. 13 doener 13658 stories
  14. 14 rntn 13336 stories
  15. 15 LinuxBender 11144 stories
  16. 16 paulpauper 11133 stories
  17. 17 JumpCrisscross 10491 stories
  18. 18 evo_9 9690 stories
  19. 19 gmays 9614 stories
  20. 20 jseliger 9433 stories

Top commenters

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{
  "mode": "aggregate",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "comments",
  "group_by": [
    "by"
  ],
  "aggregates": [
    {
      "fn": "count",
      "alias": "comments"
    }
  ],
  "order_by": "comments",
  "order": "desc",
  "limit": 20,
  "timeout_ms": 120000
}
  1. 1 dang 80507 comments
  2. 2 tptacek 73995 comments
  3. 3 pjmlp 72975 comments
  4. 4 dragonwriter 58615 comments
  5. 5 coldtea 39710 comments
  6. 6 TeMPOraL 38550 comments
  7. 7 toomuchtodo 38345 comments
  8. 8 rayiner 33354 comments
  9. 9 jacquesm 33262 comments
  10. 10 JumpCrisscross 32877 comments
  11. 11 amelius 32101 comments
  12. 12 dredmorbius 30808 comments
  13. 13 pjc50 30457 comments
  14. 14 ghaff 30316 comments
  15. 15 Retric 29934 comments
  16. 16 WalterBright 29308 comments
  17. 17 eru 28193 comments
  18. 18 saagarjha 27964 comments
  19. 19 ceejayoz 27796 comments
  20. 20 rbanffy 25566 comments

Top users by karma

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{
  "mode": "find",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "users",
  "criteria": [],
  "order_by": "karma",
  "order": "desc",
  "limit": 20,
  "fields": [
    "karma",
    "created",
    "submitted_count"
  ],
  "format": "dict"
}
  1. 1 DepressionApp -4 karma · joined
  2. 2 pg 157,044 karma · joined
  3. 3 prostoalex 125,988 karma · joined
  4. 4 jseliger 84,678 karma · joined
  5. 5 mikeash 74,524 karma · joined
  6. 6 lelf 67,542 karma · joined
  7. 7 PragmaticPulp 66,674 karma · joined
  8. 8 tokenadult 62,522 karma · joined
  9. 9 llambda 58,401 karma · joined
  10. 10 LinuxBender 57,392 karma · joined
  11. 11 DanBC 56,528 karma · joined
  12. 12 smacktoward 54,886 karma · joined
  13. 13 protomyth 49,943 karma · joined
  14. 14 icebraining 48,920 karma · joined
  15. 15 ssclafani 48,106 karma · joined
  16. 16 cwan 45,871 karma · joined
  17. 17 raganwald 45,001 karma · joined
  18. 18 untog 43,841 karma · joined
  19. 19 yummyfajitas 41,937 karma · joined
  20. 20 okket 40,755 karma · joined

stories

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show shard-db query
{
  "mode": "describe-object",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "stories"
}
6,334,581 records · 64 shards · 10 indexes
fieldtypebytesindexed
byvarchar34
timetimestamp8
scoreint4
urlvarchar514
titlevarchar130
textvarchar4098
descendantsint4
typeenum1
deletedbool1
deadbool1
composite indexes: by+timetype+timetype+score

comments

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show shard-db query
{
  "mode": "describe-object",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "comments"
}
43,343,312 records · 256 shards · 8 indexes
fieldtypebytesindexed
byvarchar34
timetimestamp8
parentint4
story_rootint4
textvarchar4098
deletedbool1
deadbool1
composite indexes: by+timestory_root+time

users

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show shard-db query
{
  "mode": "describe-object",
  "dir": "hn",
  "object": "users"
}
1,632,125 records · 32 shards · 2 indexes
fieldtypebytesindexed
karmaint4
createdtimestamp8
aboutvarchar1026
submitted_countint4

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