HN's Best Comments: A Hidden Goldmine of Technical Insight
HN: The Good Parts (2016)
Despite Hacker News comments often being wrong or mean, Dan Luu argues they're still the best public forum for technical discussion. He curates a list of standout comments covering topics like Word's file format, compiler optimizations, train safety systems, and more, highlighting the rare but valuable expertise that surfaces.
It's as if people learned how to explain things by watching Simon Cowell and can't comprehend the concept of an explanation that isn't littered with personal insults.
- sillysaurusx
> I compiled a very abbreviated list of comments I like because comments seem to get lost.
Note that you can track comments you like by clicking its timestamp and then clicking "favorite". Then they're available at e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=sillysaurusx&comme...
- Avicebron
It's interesting how much the good parts have to do with not worrying about how much money your making or the job you have and instead focuses on technical topics. People are not happy Dan, and we can't bring it back to 2014 when a select few got to get massages before they pushed their commit for the day. If you want to be part of an interesting technical discussion you have to acknowledge where the people with knowledge are.
- dang
Related. Others?
HN: The Good Parts (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33364865 - Oct 2022 (48 comments)
HN: The Good Parts (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27049601 - May 2021 (82 comments)
HN: The Good Parts (2016) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20092118 - June 2019 (35 comments)
HN comments are underrated - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12772925 - Oct 2016 (359 comments)
(I can't remember why that last, i.e. the first, title was so different.)