[observer1]

Is it possible we could stick to relatively new content here? I read through all of the Netscape-related JWZ stuff more than 10 years ago. I suspect that anyone who has an interest in the rise and fall of Netscape has done the same.

[TomasSedovic]

When I'm writing this, most of the articles on the top HN page are from today or yesterday. The rest are a few days old, a month tops.

And then there is this one and some other that's from 2007.

I think that's pretty much a good ratio. I'm sorry that you've read this particular article already but sticking just to a new content wouldn't completely solve that anyway (unless Hacker News is your only source).

Personally, I've found the log both fascinating and illuminating. And for the record, I honestly didn't even know I should "have an interest in the rise and fall of Netscape". Maybe a critical flaw on my part, but there you go.

I haven't found this article 5 years ago because I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for it.

You can never fill Hacker News in a way that would please everyone and where all the articles would be fresh and worth reading. As long as there's a decent quality threshold and a sensible new/old ratio, it's all right.

[jmspring]

History is a good thing to study. As I mentioned in a previous post, JWZ was one of the few at the time that were prolific in writing about their experiences.

I haven't seen anywhere near the same set of stories in "modern" companies like Facebook, Google, or Twitter. We do get the occasional nugget like how Instagram started or how Flickr came about as not being the original idea.

John Ramey w/ iSocket is one that has been good about talking about his current process. But a lot of times, stories of "start up experiences" aren't much more than "lolz, i was up all week hackin' on some ruby, can you rate my site?".

Fact is, writings like JWZs should be brought up now and then. I wonder who the equivalents from the last couple of years would be.

[mechanical_fish]

New people are born every day. HN is for them, too.

[dotBen]

Yes, with some of the dross that is beginning to make it to HN front page I'm more inclined to agree that there is "one born every minute".

[wyclif]

Not everyone here is a longbeard.

[observer1]

So only a "longbeard" would have read something on the internet 10 years ago? I have news for you. Someday you will have a little bit of experience. At that point you will look back at your attitude and see how wrong it was. Karma.

[wyclif]

Sorry, you misunderstood what I was saying. If I were you, I'd avoid lecturing anyone on HN about karma until your reading comprehension improves, particularly someone who's been around here as long as I have (your current karma is -12). You're not even in the black! Thanks for playing, grasshopper.

[observer1]

The amount of time you have been 'registered' with a website has nothing to do with whether or not what you wrote was appropriate. Moreover, if you want people to understand what you are saying, I recommend that you learn to communicate coherent ideas, rather than posting snarky comments. This has nothing to do with 'reading comprehension' and everything to do with the fact that I called you out for making a disrespectful and short-sighted comment. As far as karma goes, I was talking about the karma of life. In that regard you are a loser - "grasshopper".

[dsimms]

Personally, I had forgotten most of these stories, so it's interesting to see how much everyone changed (and stayed the same).

No, it's not unique to hackerdom, I know.