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301.

Closure, from why the lucky stiff (2013) (github.com/steveklabnik)

153 points

3 years ago

302.

Why is setState asynchronous? (github.com/facebook)

136 points

8 years ago

303.

Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok (gist.github.com)

134 points

14 years ago

304.

Why is IRC distributed across multiple servers? (gist.github.com)

134 points

5 years ago

305.

Why Go? (github.com/microsoft)

130 points

a year ago

306.

If average salaries are 80-100k why does everyone keep getting 40-60k offers?

127 points

15 years ago

307.

Why would useless MOV instructions speed up a tight loop in x86_64 assembly? (github.com/tangentstorm)

120 points

13 years ago

308.

Ask HN: Why aren't there any real alternatives to Electron?

119 points

4 years ago

309.

Why soap bubbles are colourful and windowpanes are not (gist.github.com)

118 points

8 years ago

310.

I don't care why you won't write for iPhone/Android/PHP/Rails/Mac (github.com/raganwald)

103 points

17 years ago

311.

Zooming UIs in 2026: Prezi, impress.js, and why I built something different

101 points

2 months ago

312.

Ask HN: Why and how is Hacker News so fast?

98 points

11 years ago

313.

Why should bottlepy stick to a file? (github.com/bottlepy)

98 points

6 years ago

314.

Why Emacs is great - SLIME repl for developing in-browser javascript (github.com/ivan4th)

95 points

16 years ago

315.

You appear to be advocating a new IDE. Here's why it will not succeed (gist.github.com)

93 points

12 years ago

316.

Why is the US Green Party's site blocked? (github.com/blocklistproject)

89 points

5 years ago

317.

Why we are still using PBKDF2-SHA256 despite being aware of its limitations (github.com/bitwarden)

85 points

5 years ago

318.

PHP: why GOTO instead of recursion? (github.com/igorw)

84 points

12 years ago

319.

Why I care about Firefox OS fading away (gist.github.com)

82 points

10 years ago

320.

Why Not: From Common Lisp to Julia (gist.github.com)

78 points

4 years ago

321.

Why I absolutely love java (gist.github.com)

77 points

15 years ago

322.

Why IPv6 is so complicated (github.com/becarpenter)

71 points

a month ago

323.

Why I am not a fan of Apache Kafka (gist.github.com)

70 points

10 years ago

324.

Show HN: An infinite runner for the command line, because why not (github.com/smallhadroncollider)

65 points

8 years ago

325.

Why does a new Rails app need 106 MB of JavaScript? (gist.github.com)

64 points

6 years ago

326.

Ask HN: Why don't file systems and OS's provide file system transactions?

62 points

4 years ago

327.

Why Semantic Versioning Isn't (2015) (gist.github.com)

61 points

7 years ago

328.

Why Semantic Versioning Isn't (gist.github.com)

60 points

12 years ago

329.

Why traditional password managers are flawed (github.com/w8rbt)

55 points

9 years ago

330.

Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a whole load of other stuff (gist.github.com)

54 points

12 years ago