[wasx]

Why's that?

[michaelmior]

I for one appreciate when something that's several years old is clearly identified as such. That way I know that I should at least consider the possibility that what I'm reading, if I find it useful, is potentially out of date.

[bjourne]

The LLVM api evolves rapidly. There is no way sample code from 2015 will compile cleanly with the latest version.

[dang]

On HN, it's the convention to add the year when a story is more than a year and a bit old.