[mrgalaxy]

I feel like if they can do it once, they can do it again. Maybe they are just trying to prove something.

[barbazoo]

Maybe, or maybe posts about how succeed on HN are just particularly popular.

[Zababa]

I clicked on it thinking is was "hacking" in the black hat/white hat sense.

[mrgalaxy]

I mean I clicked on it for that reason, so you're not wrong.