Show HN: Wayback HN, a cross between the Wayback Machine and Hacker News(waybackhn.com)
waybackhn.com
Show HN: Wayback HN, a cross between the Wayback Machine and Hacker News
http://www.waybackhn.com
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Oh wow, the cynical comments are just too much. That certainly gave me some perspective!
I would love a website that just collected a bunch of past ideas, along with all the naysayer comments, that end up being huge successes later on.
That would be pretty uplifting, imho.
It'd probably have to include even one of my comments. :-( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6824666 (I still can't believe it all worked out...)
That would be pretty uplifting, imho.
It'd probably have to include even one of my comments. :-( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6824666 (I still can't believe it all worked out...)
The jury is still decidedly out on that whole Snapchat thing.
What cynical comments? I read most (or all) of them as positive and encouraging.
First paragraph on the top comment is very representative: "The only problem is that you have to install something. See, it's not the same as USB drive. Most corporate laptops are locked and you can't install anything on them. That's gonna be the problem. Also, another point where your USB comparison fails is that USB works in places where you don't have internet access. "
All I see is one person expressing their reservations, which I think is quite legitimate given the novelty that Drew's YC app was at the time. Either way how is that a bad thing? Feedback is crucial at such an early stage.
Maybe I read this wrong or are you the one being cynical here? :)
Maybe I read this wrong or are you the one being cynical here? :)
> The only problem is that you have to install something.
It was very relevant to point that. In my case, exactly this issue made impossible to me that I even try to use Dropbox. Is the install step actually still necessary?"
It was very relevant to point that. In my case, exactly this issue made impossible to me that I even try to use Dropbox. Is the install step actually still necessary?"
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"It does not seem very "viral" or income-generating."
This took the gold for me.
This took the gold for me.
"Cloud" is notably absent from the comments. Dropbox kind of invented "the cloud" as most of us know it today (the term is older, but wasn't mainstream)
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Poking around on here reminded me that nickb used to be everywhere and then disappeared. It also reminded me that almost everyday we see well thought out predictions on here that are almost all going to be wrong.
He created an AGI slack group a year or two ago and was active on it. Then he just disappeared. No one has been able to contact him. We've always wondered what happened to him.
Filtered by Year, than First. How nostalgic seeing news like Google buying YouTube or blog posts about MySpace.
Kudos for the dead simple interface.
Kudos for the dead simple interface.
Amazing.
I love the Steve Jobs PDF (from flyingyeti).
Is there a place where we can find all the HN stuff? Does someone collect them?
I'm also curious about nickb. He is mentionned regularly.
I love the Steve Jobs PDF (from flyingyeti).
Is there a place where we can find all the HN stuff? Does someone collect them?
I'm also curious about nickb. He is mentionned regularly.
I start collecting all these links (about tools and history of hn).
It's available here: https://github.com/vmorgulys/around-hn/blob/master/readme.md
I wonder if it's not possible to keep some of the best tools alive somewhere in a VM or just in a scraped HTML version...
It's available here: https://github.com/vmorgulys/around-hn/blob/master/readme.md
I wonder if it's not possible to keep some of the best tools alive somewhere in a VM or just in a scraped HTML version...
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From April 10, 2012. Story titled - Instagram is "worth" more than the New York Times
Comment - "Would you rather own one of the most established news institutions in the modern world or a 2 year old photo sharing startup? How is this even a question?!"
That's one of those questions where that looks a lot different at different times. :-)
Comment - "Would you rather own one of the most established news institutions in the modern world or a 2 year old photo sharing startup? How is this even a question?!"
That's one of those questions where that looks a lot different at different times. :-)
It seems there are now several sites that provide this highly desirable service. Good!
(Shameless plug: Here's the one I made a few years ago:) http://hhn.domador.net/
(Shameless plug: Here's the one I made a few years ago:) http://hhn.domador.net/
https://hn.algolia.com have the same functionality.
For a more real time experience, I made this bookmarklet:
http://blog.higg.im/2015/06/20/open-all-secure-https-hackern...
http://blog.higg.im/2015/06/20/open-all-secure-https-hackern...
This is like RewindHN.com (created by user https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kami8845) before it bit the dust.
It's open source: https://github.com/doda/rewindhn
It's open source: https://github.com/doda/rewindhn
Why I love this: there have been a handful times where I vaguely remember a recent post from HN that I want to revisit but I don't remember enough of the exact title to find it by the Algolia search or Google, and can't find it by simply going through the pages (perhaps due to the sorting algorithm).
Pocket (https://getpocket.com/) is great for that. If I see a great article that I don't have time to read now I usually just pocket it.
I hit this one on a random click:
You're just the founder
http://steveblank.com/2010/05/20/you%E2%80%99re-just-the-fou...
It should be unlucky for the VC who is in SB's curse list :)
You're just the founder
http://steveblank.com/2010/05/20/you%E2%80%99re-just-the-fou...
It should be unlucky for the VC who is in SB's curse list :)
Nice! The Silk Road raid comments make fascinating reading, in retrospect - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6482992
Also, I found this gem on a comment page regarding Julian Assange seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy:
I really don't think that the Metropolitan Police is going to put officers outside the Ecuador Assembly 24/7 just in case Julian Assange leaves. It just doesn't sound like a good use of the officers' time. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4134362
That was 1095 days ago.
Also, I found this gem on a comment page regarding Julian Assange seeking asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy:
I really don't think that the Metropolitan Police is going to put officers outside the Ecuador Assembly 24/7 just in case Julian Assange leaves. It just doesn't sound like a good use of the officers' time. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4134362
That was 1095 days ago.
Amazing. I found the perfect article from 5 years ago thanking PG for making HN so great.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398250
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1398250
I made something like this a while ago, and it didn't get nearly as much attention... What made this a "success" on hn compared to mine? http://hnhistory.net
Also on GitHub: https://github.com/SCastaneda/hnhistory
This is great. It seems that the comment counts are off though: go to [0] and look at the top story. It shows 18 comments but [1] only has 15.
[0]: http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-9
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
[0]: http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-9
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
I think part of the discrepancy is comments that are marked dead, which might be getting counted by the API.
I believe there is more to it:
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2009-9 shows 14 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=818157 has 87.
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2009-9 shows 14 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=818157 has 87.
Really loving this. I hit random and saw an Ask YC thread for Duck Duck Go, my search engine of choice.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315142
I'd suggest changing the orange colour. Not because I care in the slightest about the YC trademark, but it's still nice to get a positive indication of which site I'm looking at.
For example, most of the Yotsuba archivers seem to follow this convention.
For example, most of the Yotsuba archivers seem to follow this convention.
Looks like the trolling started right from day 1.
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Arrington
https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Arrington
"Mobile is a dud" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4855
Read the first comment.
Boy have times changed.
Read the first comment.
Boy have times changed.
It'd be more user friendly if 'prev' and 'next' button are next to each other. I had fun using this!
Wow, very cool. I love seeing the leading stories from each year. It kind of reminds me how the industry has evolved.
No stories from 2016
Now make the Wayforward version!
Now make the Wayforward version!
I am now confused about what year it is, what has recently launched and who has just died. Good job!
This is awesome.
Very funny first comment
So, just to see how hard it is to make the longest span between article and comment :)
Very funny first comment
So, just to see how hard it is to make the longest span between article and comment :)
It would be interesting to see if someone else made something like this for Reddit and Slashdot.
My god, I was just thinking about creating the exact same thing for HN, and here I found this.
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Not quite a featureset like Wayback Machine...in that going to a certain day will show you top stories ranked by cumulative votes since submission...rather than the algorithmic position, and number of votes received from that day...but that's presumably not available via the API.
But even as just a list-by-day, it's a lot of fun to browse, especially going back many years [1]. What did you use to build it?
[1] HN's first day, http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-9
1. Y Combinator (ycombinator.com) 61 points by pg 3175 days ago | 18 comments
2. A Student's Guide to Startups (paulgraham.com) 16 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
3. Feld: Question Regarding NDAs (feld.com) 11 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
4. LikeBetter featured by BBC (bbc.co.uk) 10 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 0 comments
5. MySpace: Not a purely viral start (startup-review.com) 9 points by starklysnarky 3175 days ago | 1 comment
6. Salaries at VC-backed companies (blogs.com) 8 points by pg 3175 days ago | 3 comments
7. Google, YouTube acquisition announcement could come tonight (techcrunch.com) 7 points by perler 3175 days ago | 1 comment
8. Woz Interview: the early days of Apple (foundersatwork.com) 7 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
9. Best IRR ever? YouTube 1.65B... (techcrunch.com) 6 points by sama 3175 days ago | 3 comments
10. NYC Developer Dilemma (blogs.com) 5 points by onebeerdave 3175 days ago | 1 comment
11. A Story About Not Going IPO During The Bubble (usatoday.com) 5 points by starklysnarky 3175 days ago | 1 comment
12. The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn (paulgraham.com) 5 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
13. Wired: The Desktop is Dead (wired.com) 5 points by farmer 3175 days ago | 1 comment
14. Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute (useit.com) 5 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 1 comment
15. Sevin Rosen Unfunds - why? (gigaom.com) 5 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 0 comments
16. Business Intelligence the Inkling Way: cool prediction markets software (360techblog.com) 4 points by perler 3175 days ago | 1 comment
17. Small is Beautiful: Building a Successful Company with Less Capital (zdnet.com) 4 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
18. weekendr: social network for the weekend (weekendr.com) 4 points by askjigga 3175 days ago | 0 comments
19. Voddler Raises $2.2M For Virtual Cable TV (thealarmclock.com) 3 points by farmer 3175 days ago | 1 comment
20. PhotoShow: Broadcast Photos to Cable TV (techcrunch.com) 3 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 1 comment
21. Will Silicon Light Illuminate the Future? (technologyreview.com) 2 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
But even as just a list-by-day, it's a lot of fun to browse, especially going back many years [1]. What did you use to build it?
[1] HN's first day, http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-9
1. Y Combinator (ycombinator.com) 61 points by pg 3175 days ago | 18 comments
2. A Student's Guide to Startups (paulgraham.com) 16 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
3. Feld: Question Regarding NDAs (feld.com) 11 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
4. LikeBetter featured by BBC (bbc.co.uk) 10 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 0 comments
5. MySpace: Not a purely viral start (startup-review.com) 9 points by starklysnarky 3175 days ago | 1 comment
6. Salaries at VC-backed companies (blogs.com) 8 points by pg 3175 days ago | 3 comments
7. Google, YouTube acquisition announcement could come tonight (techcrunch.com) 7 points by perler 3175 days ago | 1 comment
8. Woz Interview: the early days of Apple (foundersatwork.com) 7 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
9. Best IRR ever? YouTube 1.65B... (techcrunch.com) 6 points by sama 3175 days ago | 3 comments
10. NYC Developer Dilemma (blogs.com) 5 points by onebeerdave 3175 days ago | 1 comment
11. A Story About Not Going IPO During The Bubble (usatoday.com) 5 points by starklysnarky 3175 days ago | 1 comment
12. The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn (paulgraham.com) 5 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 1 comment
13. Wired: The Desktop is Dead (wired.com) 5 points by farmer 3175 days ago | 1 comment
14. Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute (useit.com) 5 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 1 comment
15. Sevin Rosen Unfunds - why? (gigaom.com) 5 points by phyllis 3175 days ago | 0 comments
16. Business Intelligence the Inkling Way: cool prediction markets software (360techblog.com) 4 points by perler 3175 days ago | 1 comment
17. Small is Beautiful: Building a Successful Company with Less Capital (zdnet.com) 4 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
18. weekendr: social network for the weekend (weekendr.com) 4 points by askjigga 3175 days ago | 0 comments
19. Voddler Raises $2.2M For Virtual Cable TV (thealarmclock.com) 3 points by farmer 3175 days ago | 1 comment
20. PhotoShow: Broadcast Photos to Cable TV (techcrunch.com) 3 points by frobnicate 3175 days ago | 1 comment
21. Will Silicon Light Illuminate the Future? (technologyreview.com) 2 points by pg 3175 days ago | 1 comment
Thanks! Built with Flask, check out the source here: https://github.com/jondubin/HN-Wayback
Check out http://hnrankings.info/ for the moment-by-moment play-by-play for today's stories.
Cool!
Techmeme has this built-in (http://www.techmeme.com/110619/h1320), would be fun to run them side-by-side!
Techmeme has this built-in (http://www.techmeme.com/110619/h1320), would be fun to run them side-by-side!
Great hack, Thanks
Cool
This is very cool. I could lose a lot of time just casually browsing the random day link.
One problem I ran into, is the "More" link at the bottom of any past date, links you back to the present date and shows you the next page of results for today instead of the next page of results for the past date in question.
One problem I ran into, is the "More" link at the bottom of any past date, links you back to the present date and shows you the next page of results for today instead of the next page of results for the past date in question.
Thanks for checking it out! For the time being I've turned off the more button
Missed opportunity at the Wayhack Machine, but interesting still.
What would be very interesting would be to take snapshots by time so you can see the flow of a story throughout the day.
What would be very interesting would be to take snapshots by time so you can see the flow of a story throughout the day.
I'm sure there's another site that does this that was a show HN last year. It allowed hourly selection too...
Edit: found it, http://hnhistory.net
Edit: found it, http://hnhistory.net
Author of hnhistory.net here. Thanks for mentioning it. I didn't get any feedback back then. This will give me some motivation to work on it again.
Mine actually scrapes hn... This was done before the api came out.
Amazing! It was cool to see the day my company was acquired:
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2011-4-25
Just pinged Dan and Scott to find out the day HN started. I believe it would have been called Startup News then.
Just pinged Dan and Scott to find out the day HN started. I believe it would have been called Startup News then.
Just told me the first item submitted was Mon Oct 09 2006.
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-09
Scott tells me that the launch date is Feb 19, 2007. Which is when its announced it on Reddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_ne...
Here's what it looked like (maybe) then. http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2007-02-19
http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/15gkq/startup_ne...
Here's what it looked like (maybe) then. http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2007-02-19
You can tell that there was some initial launch on 2006-10-09[1] then declines until there are almost no submissions during the following months until it starts to be active again on 2007-02-18[2]
[1]http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-09
[2]http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2007-02-18
[1]http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2006-10-09
[2]http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2007-02-18
It would be really useful if the links were replaced with archive.org links from the same year. A lot of links are now dead.
Is more granularity possible? There was a moment on 10/05/2011 where the entire front page was Steve Jobs.
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2011-10-05
http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2011-10-05
Here you go: http://www.waybackletter.com/jobs.html
For a couple years I use to run a Wayback like newsletter similar to this, but got too busy with my weekly Hacker Newsletter (http://hackernewsletter.com) that I haven't touched it in a while.
For a couple years I use to run a Wayback like newsletter similar to this, but got too busy with my weekly Hacker Newsletter (http://hackernewsletter.com) that I haven't touched it in a while.
I have a screenshot of that which I could upload to Dropbox if anyone wants.
yes, share it.
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I saved a PDF, though it doesn't have the right colors:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2273870/Steve%20Jobs%20R...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2273870/Steve%20Jobs%20R...
Links don't work on this.
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Steve Jobs: http://i.imgur.com/GWqCE06.png
Aaron Swartz: http://i.imgur.com/52ezERg.png
Aaron Swartz: http://i.imgur.com/52ezERg.png
Reminds me to waking up to the Snowden revelations and reading HN.
It's worth nothing that according to the source code, this uses the Algolia HN API and not the official HN API, which is a smart move because the official API still doesn't have bulk requests.
As a slightly off-topic aside, I have a GitHub repo showing how to download all Hacker News stories and comments using the Algolia API: https://github.com/minimaxir/get-all-hacker-news-submissions...
As a slightly off-topic aside, I have a GitHub repo showing how to download all Hacker News stories and comments using the Algolia API: https://github.com/minimaxir/get-all-hacker-news-submissions...
Well this is just awesome! Gonna try and use it often.
One important question: does it make a single snapshot at a certain moment during the day, or does it take multiple snapshots during a day, and combine the most highly rated articles into an ordered list?
The code simply asks the Algolia API "Give me the Top 30 Stories from 12AM to 11:59PM of the specified day."
https://github.com/jondubin/Wayback-HN/blob/master/app/utils...
https://github.com/jondubin/Wayback-HN/blob/master/app/utils...
Hey Guyz, from where I can download the HN software/theme?
Protip: Refrain from pluralizing things with the letter Z if you would like to be taken seriously.
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right click -> view page source
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863
A killer feature would be to change submitted links to wayback links for the submitted date. I'd love to see a bit of what the commenters are talking about.