Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by tombert » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:17 AM UTC

A decade for me. HN has cultivated a much better community than virtually anywhere else on the internet. dang and tomhow are awesome.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by Vaslo » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:19 AM UTC

I often get more excited about the commentary and what I’ll learn from interesting experts in the HN comments than the original link itself. Thanks to all who contribute their thoughts here.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by ForOldHack » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:28 AM UTC

Over 6 years here, and another two lurning: Thanks for the absolute brilliant insights, and plenty of laughs.

Thank you all. Thank you for laughing at my jokes.

Happy Thanksgiving

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by block_dagger » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:30 AM UTC

Grateful for the intellectual curiosity and respectful debate on this board. Has kept me coming back nearly every day for over a decade.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by camelcars » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:33 AM UTC

10 years here! I don't remember how I found out about HN, but I've been reading this since A-levels. I didn't understand much back then, and was just browsing around.

10 years past, and now working as a software engineer, at least I understand a bit more.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by topaztee » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:44 AM UTC

11 years here (more without a user), HN has consistently been the top sites i visit everyday.

thanks all and happy thanksgiving!

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by gbbloke » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 6:47 AM UTC

6 years with you, guys! I don't usually write here (english it's not my forte), but I wanted to do it to tell you how important and cozy this place feels to me in 2025. It's like finding a bonfire in a Souls game, where the rest of the internet feels like it's been taken by an evil force.

Here's to another 6+ years!

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by olalonde » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 7:40 AM UTC

colechristensen wrote: post #119

raphman wrote: post #74

Thanks HN! I regularly open HN during lectures. There is no better way to show my students what software engineering entails and why I focus on certain topics. Is SCRUM really as great as its evangelists claim? Let's read HN comments. What are good use cases for UML? Let's check out HN. Does anyone actually care about CoCoMo or CMMI? Let's read ... oh - nearly nobody's talking about it there. Maybe it won't be that r…

>What are good use cases for UML? Let's check out HN. Are there good cases for UML outside the raison d'être of middle managers circa 2007?

Certain UML diagrams can be useful for high-level documentation or for teaching concepts.

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by jdthedisciple » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 7:41 AM UTC

Happy Thanksgiving fellas, proud to be part of this secret community comprised of only the cream of society's elite crop making even the pioneers among the early freemasons look puny in juxtaposition. Cheers!

Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving

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Post by no-reply » Fri, Nov 28, 2025, 7:46 AM UTC

ryandv wrote: post #36

Been lurking since 2011 or so. Dare I say that the average level of discourse has finally fallen to a level where I feel comfortable participating after over ten years of just reading. That being said HN was and continues to be one of the most valuable resources for geeks on the net.

Any other resources that you recommend?