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I've had a few submissions reach the front page, but I can never predict which ones will do so...definitely not the ones I thought were extra cool.

rammy1234 6y ago
never got any interest in any non-commercial blog posts I found interesting but never generated any fumes.
dang 6y ago
What's the most extra cool one that never made it?
- ComputerGuru 6y ago
  I’m not the poster you asked, but I was extremely surprised when my article on what it took to write a native iMessage client for Windows 10 and the roadblocks and traps Apple left to stop it from happening didn’t get more than a handful of votes; it really seemed to me to be exactly the mix of things that HN readers normally ask for more of. https://neosmart.net/blog/2018/imessage-for-windows/ https://neosmart.net/blog/2018/imessage-for-windows/
  - dang 6y ago
    The dominant factor in what gets traction off /newest is randomness, unfortunately, so you can't conclude anything from one or two data points. I'll send you a repost invite for that one.
    - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
      ^ As of 11:24 PM EDT this story is now the top story on HN. Kind of nuts!
  - dvt 6y ago
    That's actually very cool -- I've always lamented that iMessage never had a Windows client. I can relate to also posting a few projects/posts that I thought were cool which never hit the front page, but I've also had 4 or so of my blog posts hit top-10 over the past few years, so I shouldn't complain.
- danielskogly 6y ago
  I was surprised that my post on a strategy to make modern web apps work without JavaScript didn't get any attention, but I might just need some work on my writing and titles. The topic is one I expected to hit the nail on the head with the HN crowd, though. https://blog.klungo.no/2020/05/28/using-react-and-redux-to-acommodate-users-without-javascript/ https://blog.klungo.no/2020/05/28/using-react-and-redux-to-a...

rammy1234 6y ago

never got any interest in any non-commercial blog posts I found interesting but never generated any fumes.

dang 6y ago

What's the most extra cool one that never made it?

ComputerGuru 6y ago
I’m not the poster you asked, but I was extremely surprised when my article on what it took to write a native iMessage client for Windows 10 and the roadblocks and traps Apple left to stop it from happening didn’t get more than a handful of votes; it really seemed to me to be exactly the mix of things that HN readers normally ask for more of. https://neosmart.net/blog/2018/imessage-for-windows/ https://neosmart.net/blog/2018/imessage-for-windows/
- dang 6y ago
  The dominant factor in what gets traction off /newest is randomness, unfortunately, so you can't conclude anything from one or two data points. I'll send you a repost invite for that one.
  - Wowfunhappy 6y ago
    ^ As of 11:24 PM EDT this story is now the top story on HN. Kind of nuts!
- dvt 6y ago
  That's actually very cool -- I've always lamented that iMessage never had a Windows client. I can relate to also posting a few projects/posts that I thought were cool which never hit the front page, but I've also had 4 or so of my blog posts hit top-10 over the past few years, so I shouldn't complain.
danielskogly 6y ago
I was surprised that my post on a strategy to make modern web apps work without JavaScript didn't get any attention, but I might just need some work on my writing and titles. The topic is one I expected to hit the nail on the head with the HN crowd, though. https://blog.klungo.no/2020/05/28/using-react-and-redux-to-acommodate-users-without-javascript/ https://blog.klungo.no/2020/05/28/using-react-and-redux-to-a...