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How “code review” trended on Hacker News

“Code review” was mentioned 65,597 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 2,004 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “code review” 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 “code review”

1. 1.Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much work we do? 1,665 points · 1,058 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
2. 2.How to do a code review 1,471 points · 367 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
3. 3.More code review tools 624 points · 145 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Tell HN: The loneliness of a pretty good developer 597 points · 494 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Ask HN: How can I grow as an engineer without good seniors to learn from? 577 points · 298 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Ask HN: Feeling guilty for doing the bare minimum at work 563 points · 398 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Show HN: Haystack – an IDE for exploring and editing code on an infinite canvas 546 points · 214 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Ask HN: SWEs how do you future-proof your career in light of LLMs? 530 points · 991 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Show HN: Dayflow – A git log for your day 480 points · 130 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.How to Make Your Code Reviewer Fall in Love with You 472 points · 169 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Ask HN: How can I get better at using AI for programming? 471 points · 469 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Code review can be better 391 points · 242 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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