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How Backend trended on Hacker News

Backend was mentioned 134,287 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 1,511 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Backend appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about Backend

1. 1.Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare? 3,270 points · 473 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Ask HN: What tech job would let me get away with the least real work possible? 2,022 points · 1,091 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Cursor IDE support hallucinates lockout policy, causes user cancellations 1,511 points · 606 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Show HN: Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web 1,216 points · 345 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Show HN: InstantDB – A Modern Firebase 1,145 points · 297 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? 1,006 points · 669 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Show HN: Draw a fish and watch it swim with the others 935 points · 234 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Show HN: I built the most over-engineered Deal With It emoji generator 832 points · 148 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Ask HN: Is web programming a series of hacks on hacks? 822 points · 661 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
10. 10.GraphQL kinda sucks 720 points · 433 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Show HN: Quake 1 ported to the Apple Watch 692 points · 216 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Show HN: Drop-in SQS replacement based on SQLite 656 points · 156 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN

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