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We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)<br>web.mit.edu<br>1164 peak points
57 submissions · 50 people · 17.9 years
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)<br>norvig.com<br>586 peak points
32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years
Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)<br>www.w3.org<br>387 peak points
24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years
What You Can't Say (2004)<br>www.paulgraham.com<br>241 peak points
31 submissions · 31 people · 14.5 years
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We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
web.mit.edu<br>Essays & writing 57 submissions · 50 people · 17.9 years
Class of 2015-04
1164 max pts
Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)
norvig.com<br>Books & learning 32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years
Class of 2021-06
586 max pts
Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)
www.w3.org<br>Books & learning 24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years
Class of 2016-05
387 max pts
What You Can't Say (2004)
www.paulgraham.com<br>Essays & writing 31 submissions · 31 people · 14.5 years
Class of 2014-03
241 max pts
Music for Programming
musicforprogramming.net<br>Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 26 people · 14.2 years
Class of 2016-11
738 max pts
If the moon were only 1 pixel: A tediously accurate solar system model (2014)
joshworth.com<br>Tools, games & demos 31 submissions · 30 people · 11.3 years
Class of 2017-03
936 max pts
Choose Boring Technology (2015)
mcfunley.com<br>Essays & writing 41 submissions · 39 people · 11.1 years
Class of 2020-06
1357 max pts
The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) [pdf]
web.mit.edu<br>Books & learning 17 submissions · 16 people · 15.0 years
Class of 2017-03
382 max pts
The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Office"
www.ribbonfarm.com<br>Essays & writing 24 submissions · 24 people · 16.4 years
Class of 2020-12
325 max pts
Why GNU grep is fast (2010)
lists.freebsd.org<br>Essays & writing 14 submissions · 14 people · 11.9 years
Class of 2015-03
512 max pts
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The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
www.destroyallsoftware.com<br>Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 23 people · 12.2 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-14
Completed last: breakout pair
635 max pts
The state of building user interfaces in Rust
areweguiyet.com<br>Reference 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-10
Completed last: breakout pair
205 max pts
Japan's Rail Workers Pointing at Things (2017)
www.atlasobscura.com<br>Essays & writing 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.9 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2022-05-05
Completed last: 5th submission
272 max pts
Questions to ask at the end of a technical interview (2017)
smalldata.tech<br>Books & learning 14 submissions · 3 people · 9.2 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2020-04-11
Completed last: 3rd submitter
211 max pts
Why Zig when there is already C++, D, and Rust?
ziglang.org<br>Reference 5 submissions · 4 people · 5.4 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2024-01-22
Completed last: 5th submission
276 max pts
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The Birth and Death of JavaScript [video]
www.destroyallsoftware.com<br>Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 23 people · 12.2 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-14
635 max pts
What every coder should know about gamma
blog.johnnovak.net<br>Books & learning 8 submissions · 8 people · 9.7 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2022-11<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-13
560 max pts
Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]
web.mit.edu<br>Research & data 6 submissions · 5 people · 11.4 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2024-02<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-12
1031 max pts
ΠFS
github.com<br>Software & code 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.8 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2017-03<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-10
962 max pts
The state of building user interfaces in Rust
areweguiyet.com<br>Reference 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2026-06<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-10
205 max pts
Queues don't fix overload (2014)
ferd.ca<br>Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 11.6 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2024-01<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-09
205 max pts
Homepage of Berkshire Hathaway, 17th biggest company in the world
www.berkshirehathaway.com<br>Sites & organizations 13 submissions · 13 people · 16.6 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2022-11<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-09
163 max pts
Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People
idlewords.com<br>Essays & writing 10 submissions · 10 people · 9.4 years
Hall of Fame<br>Class of 2023-05<br>Resurfaced 2026-06-01
883 max pts
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