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Summary

Software may be getting worse, but it used to be horrible was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 27, 2026. Since then it appeared in 20 hourly checks across 1 day, peaking at #12 on Oct 27, 15:19 UTC. It is #12 on the list right now.

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Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 11:4212:5514:0815:2216:35 Oct 27, 11:42 UTC · #30Oct 27, 11:57 UTC · #29Oct 27, 12:18 UTC · #23Oct 27, 12:33 UTC · #23Oct 27, 12:48 UTC · #22Oct 27, 13:03 UTC · #19Oct 27, 13:18 UTC · #19Oct 27, 13:33 UTC · #20Oct 27, 13:48 UTC · #19Oct 27, 14:04 UTC · #17Oct 27, 14:19 UTC · #16Oct 27, 14:34 UTC · #15Oct 27, 14:49 UTC · #14Oct 27, 15:04 UTC · #13Oct 27, 15:19 UTC · #12Oct 27, 15:34 UTC · #13Oct 27, 15:50 UTC · #13Oct 27, 16:05 UTC · #14Oct 27, 16:20 UTC · #12Oct 27, 16:35 UTC · #12

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 14today

Metric history

points as reported by Hacker News.

074147223 11:4212:5514:0815:2216:35 Oct 27, 11:42 UTC · 3Oct 27, 11:57 UTC · 12Oct 27, 12:18 UTC · 52Oct 27, 12:33 UTC · 73Oct 27, 12:48 UTC · 95Oct 27, 13:03 UTC · 105Oct 27, 13:18 UTC · 117Oct 27, 13:33 UTC · 127Oct 27, 13:48 UTC · 131Oct 27, 14:04 UTC · 139Oct 27, 14:19 UTC · 149Oct 27, 14:34 UTC · 161Oct 27, 14:49 UTC · 170Oct 27, 15:04 UTC · 180Oct 27, 15:19 UTC · 194Oct 27, 15:34 UTC · 202Oct 27, 15:50 UTC · 209Oct 27, 16:05 UTC · 215Oct 27, 16:20 UTC · 219Oct 27, 16:35 UTC · 223

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