I updated it weekly thereafter for a long time, but eventually stopped when people stopped coming to it regularly. I was originally hoping pg would add a link to it somewhere. Thankfully, searchyc.com did add a link from their ask yc archive page: http://ask.searchyc.com/
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by robryan on Monday February 15, 2010 @04:10PM
(#1127511)
I could imagine you could create a book focused around start ups just by extracting the wisdom of the best responses on HN. So much collective knowledge here from smart and accomplished people.
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by sam191 on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @02:32AM
(#1128525)
I really enjoyed this excellent resource. However, I've noticed that some of the posts are over 900 days old.
I know many things still hold true, but would that make a difference in the quality of information? For example, some of the posts about technology might be a bit outdated because things change so quickly.
Nevertheless, this is something that really helped me out.
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by pasbesoin on Monday March 22, 2010 @03:31PM
(#1211154)
The early days here produced some of the most interesting and informative conversations I've run across online. Signal to noise ratio was particularly high, as were mutual respect and consideration.
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by olliesaunders on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @05:09AM
(#1128651)
I couldn't find my Ask HN on what game developers should use instead of C++. Was it that bad? Anyway here it is in case you want to add it later: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=888643
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by eneveu on Monday February 15, 2010 @05:05PM
(#1127648)
If you want even more power / better search results, you can use this query:
site:news.ycombinator.com intitle:"ask hn" topic
While I do not use "intitle" very often, I use the "site" operator all the time. It's often even better than using the search boxes provided by some web pages.
Re:Ask YC/HN Archive
by pasbesoin on Monday February 15, 2010 @02:53PM
(#1127326)
Thank you! Just the other week, I lost a personal archive that included interesting HN posts, particularly many from the early HN days having, in my perspective, a particularly high signal to noise ratio.
I've been debating whether to post/ask whether anyone has a means of re-finding / replacing some of these. It looks like your site may provide a start.
http://ask.searchyc.com/
Edit: epi0Bauqu is the one responsible.
I updated it weekly thereafter for a long time, but eventually stopped when people stopped coming to it regularly. I was originally hoping pg would add a link to it somewhere. Thankfully, searchyc.com did add a link from their ask yc archive page: http://ask.searchyc.com/
I know many things still hold true, but would that make a difference in the quality of information? For example, some of the posts about technology might be a bit outdated because things change so quickly.
Nevertheless, this is something that really helped me out.
site:news.ycombinator.com intitle:"ask hn" topic
While I do not use "intitle" very often, I use the "site" operator all the time. It's often even better than using the search boxes provided by some web pages.
More examples here: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/operators.html
Was all of the categorization done manually?
I ask because it looks stellar, and I'm just curious if you had/built a tool to help you make it a bit less tedious
Edit: thx. No tools, just a lot of re-org over time after repeated use.
I've been debating whether to post/ask whether anyone has a means of re-finding / replacing some of these. It looks like your site may provide a start.