[animesh]

This is how the page looked when Erlang posts caused HN to become slow.

http://www.waybackhn.com/?date=2009-03-11

[dmix]

That was my favourite moment in HN history. I believe it was even pg who started the whole “post erlang articles so HN appears boring” thing.

Edit: yes of course, he mentioned it in the text post in your link but as a joke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=512145