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How Claude code trended on Hacker News

Claude code was mentioned 40,554 times on Hacker News between 2009 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 5,408 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Claude code 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 Claude code

1. 1.Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code 2,127 points · 963 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Using Claude Code to modernize a 25-year-old kernel driver 929 points · 318 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Claude Code is all you need 851 points · 504 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Claude Code 2.0 842 points · 413 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Claude Code IDE integration for Emacs 782 points · 266 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed 683 points · 406 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code 616 points · 217 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding 614 points · 257 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Claude Code weekly rate limits 609 points · 705 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Show HN: Whispering – Open-source, local-first dictation you can trust 591 points · 152 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
11. 11.6 weeks of Claude Code 581 points · 590 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Claude Code on the web 578 points · 390 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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