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We can do better than line-buffered output

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#18Peak rank
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Submitted by
zdw
Posted
Nov 5, 2026
Site
nullprogram.com

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Trending history

We can do better than line-buffered output was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 30 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #18 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 18:22 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 23:52 UTC.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

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

#1#11#20#30 16:3718:2620:1422:0323:52 Nov 5, 16:37 UTC · #30Nov 5, 16:52 UTC · #24Nov 5, 17:07 UTC · #20Nov 5, 17:22 UTC · #21Nov 5, 17:37 UTC · #20Nov 5, 17:52 UTC · #19Nov 5, 18:07 UTC · #19Nov 5, 18:22 UTC · #18Nov 5, 18:37 UTC · #21Nov 5, 18:52 UTC · #22Nov 5, 19:07 UTC · #21Nov 5, 19:22 UTC · #22Nov 5, 19:37 UTC · #21Nov 5, 19:52 UTC · #21Nov 5, 20:07 UTC · #19Nov 5, 20:22 UTC · #19Nov 5, 20:37 UTC · #20Nov 5, 20:52 UTC · #20Nov 5, 21:07 UTC · #19Nov 5, 21:22 UTC · #20Nov 5, 21:37 UTC · #20Nov 5, 21:52 UTC · #20Nov 5, 22:07 UTC · #22Nov 5, 22:22 UTC · #22Nov 5, 22:37 UTC · #22Nov 5, 22:52 UTC · #21Nov 5, 23:07 UTC · #23Nov 5, 23:22 UTC · #22Nov 5, 23:37 UTC · #22Nov 5, 23:52 UTC · #23

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0295787 16:3718:2620:1422:0323:52 Nov 5, 16:37 UTC · 3Nov 5, 16:52 UTC · 10Nov 5, 17:07 UTC · 17Nov 5, 17:22 UTC · 25Nov 5, 17:37 UTC · 30Nov 5, 17:52 UTC · 38Nov 5, 18:07 UTC · 41Nov 5, 18:22 UTC · 44Nov 5, 18:37 UTC · 47Nov 5, 18:52 UTC · 52Nov 5, 19:07 UTC · 55Nov 5, 19:22 UTC · 57Nov 5, 19:37 UTC · 57Nov 5, 19:52 UTC · 58Nov 5, 20:07 UTC · 62Nov 5, 20:22 UTC · 62Nov 5, 20:37 UTC · 64Nov 5, 20:52 UTC · 65Nov 5, 21:07 UTC · 66Nov 5, 21:22 UTC · 70Nov 5, 21:37 UTC · 73Nov 5, 21:52 UTC · 74Nov 5, 22:07 UTC · 74Nov 5, 22:22 UTC · 76Nov 5, 22:37 UTC · 80Nov 5, 22:52 UTC · 83Nov 5, 23:07 UTC · 84Nov 5, 23:22 UTC · 84Nov 5, 23:37 UTC · 84Nov 5, 23:52 UTC · 87

Questions

Is We can do better than line-buffered output trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 23:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank We can do better than line-buffered output reached?

#18 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 18:22 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has We can do better than line-buffered output been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (30 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

10 points and 0 comments; submitted by zdw on Nov 5, 2026.