Ask HN ranking for the past month

  1. Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell | 988
  2. Do you hate software engineering but love programming? | 702
  3. Math books that made you significantly better at math? | 317
  4. I'm 40 and feel my mental ability declining. Programming seems harder. | 509
  5. Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them? | 913
  6. How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised? | 447
  7. What's on your home server? | 456
  8. What sub $200 product improved your 2022 | 1547
  9. Strategies for working with engineers that are too smart? | 474
  10. Books that teach programming by building a series of small projects? | 203
  11. What's your favorite illustration in computer science? | 313
  12. Who is hiring? (January 2023) | 535
  13. Why are toggle switches replacing checkboxes? Isn't on/off less obvious? | 367
  14. Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell | 448
  15. What would be your stack if you are building an MVP today? | 696
  16. How many of you are open to Piracy again? | 622
  17. Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before? | 228
  18. Why Is Everything Declining? | 685
  19. What do you talk about in 1-on-1s with your managers? | 271
  20. Is TypeScript worth it? | 443
  21. How do ADHD people cope on here? | 315
  22. Where are all the parties? | 407
  23. What are the foundational texts for learning about AI/ML/NN? | 113
  24. With recent layoffs, how would you advise new grads entering the market? | 254
  25. Has anyone fully attempted Bret Victor's vision? | 153
  26. What have you created that deserves a second chance on HN? | 387
  27. What is the weirdest or most surreal recent technology you have seen? | 495
  28. Why did Frontend development explode in complexity? | 386
  29. How did Sam Altman fail upward so well? | 118
  30. Pros and cons of thinking in public vs. in private? | 168
  31. Are there any good open source text-to-speech tools? | 121
  32. What is your experience in tech consulting? | 126
  33. Best Layman's Book on Electricity | 62
  34. What are you working on this year? | 503
  35. Alternatives to Scratch for a blind child? | 67
  36. What are the best open source TypeScript projects I can learn from? | 75
  37. Great text based games to play? | 156
  38. Self-hosting in 2023: Nextcloud on Linode, or...? | 236
  39. We found a cracked version of our software on the web, now what? | 291
  40. Has anyone successfully started their career over in their 30s? | 222
  41. How to learn business being a software engineer? | 83
  42. How to move from traditional tech into game dev? | 238
  43. Lead developer but I just don't enjoy management | 94
  44. How does a hobby programmer get hired? | 252
  45. What interesting people are you following on Mastodon? | 66
  46. Who wants to be hired? (January 2023) | 445
  47. Main things to consider when building an app for business/enterprise? | 129
  48. What is your new year's resolution? | 429
  49. Google spam filter getting worse? | 91
  50. What's the best free course in your area of expertise? | 31
  51. Can you crowdfund the compute for GPT? | 146
  52. Why isn't JSON-RPC more widely adopted? | 188
  53. Developers, how do you deal with socials, blogging, etc | 114
  54. Techwise, how did TikTok get so good? | 141
  55. Is programming culture immature? | 122
  56. Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell | 70
  57. Anyone doing some absurd stuff after getting laid off? | 130
  58. How do you balance support and sprint tickets? | 118
  59. Why are URNs not more popular? | 62
  60. Why did stack-based CPUs lose out? | 87
  61. When to make the jump to freelance/consultant? | 81
  62. How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I feel slow and dumb | 87
  63. How do you work on your mental health? | 132
  64. Did dang get hacked? | 34
  65. Did HN just start using Google recaptcha for logins? | 106
  66. Share your personal site | 247
  67. ML Papers to Implement | 61
  68. Why do you find your job satisfying? | 129
  69. What would you do if you didn't have to work? | 138
  70. What are we even chasing? | 156
  71. Why aren't there any cars in Nineteen Eighty-Four? | 115
  72. What software was used to make 90s cutscenes? | 62
  73. How do you manage your passwords in 2023? | 175
  74. Good resources to become financially literate | 97
  75. What $500-2500 product improved your 2022 | 201
  76. How can I find a German family by their crest? | 46
  77. At 45, I can't seem to read as well anymore | 136
  78. Is it just me or is 5G strictly worse than LTE? | 108
  79. What happened to flatbuffers? Are they being used? | 81
  80. Which are your favourite machine learning blogs? | 10
  81. What do you do to start and develop friendships? | 77
  82. Why is everybody copying layoffs? | 132
  83. Why doesn't Apple bring continuity to the Music app? | 57
  84. What is your favorite Tech Podcasts these days? | 76
  85. What is the most mind expanding book(s) you have read till date? | 85
  86. A Better Docker Compose? | 73
  87. What are some of your “buy it for life” purchases? | 196
  88. Do you or someone you know give money to your parents? | 108
  89. Role-model companies with the best dev culture in 2023 | 70
  90. What is the best source to learn Docker in 2023? | 21
  91. What are your predictions for the world in 2023? | 110
  92. Are ICs at tech companies usually so concerned about job performance? | 50
  93. How to best take advantage of the coming recession? | 74
  94. Is it a bad time to apply to FAANG companies? | 96
  95. Airbnb requires my credit-card transaction history? | 85
  96. Why did back-end development explode in complexity? | 73
  97. Is there no way to remove yourself from a delegated Gmail account? | 42
  98. Sites with the quality of Hacker News, but for more general topics? | 46
  99. Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2023) | 161
  100. What tech utopia/horror ideas do you see materialising soon? | 120