There are plenty of cached pages in the Internet Archive:   http://waybackmachine.org/20070221033032*/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://waybackmachine.org/20

There are plenty of cached pages in the Internet Archive:   http://waybackmachine.org/20070221033032*/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://waybackmachine.org/20070221033032*/http://news.ycombi... The first one saved was on Feb 22, 2007, just after the site launched:   http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070221033032/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070221033032/http://news.... Notice that the second link is to pg's announcement post. Second cached page, Feb 26, 2007:   http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070226001637/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070226001637/http://news.... And so forth:   http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070405032412/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070405032412/http://news....   http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070406195336/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20070406195336/http://news.... Bounce on the ▸ icon to page from day to day. This one has a gem on it from paul:   http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20071001102019/http://news.ycombinator.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20071001102019/http://news.... The archive is not complete, but it does give a reasonable glimpse into the recent past of HN. [Edit: I think I'll go crazy before getting the line breaks to look correct.]