HN Top Links - Popular Stories from Hacker News

3991.

Why writing software is not like engineering (cs.usfca.edu)

91 points by nishantmodak on Mar 21, 2010 | 72 comments

3992.

Philip Greenspun Visits Berkeley (blogs.law.harvard.edu)

91 points by rglovejoy on Jan 10, 2010 | 71 comments

3993.

Adobe makes CS5 preorder form Flash only. Alt title: Worst use of Flash ever. (store1.adobe.com)

91 points by toisanji on Apr 12, 2010 | 71 comments

3994.

Starcraft II Launched Today (goodbye free time) (us.battle.net)

91 points by MikeCapone on Jul 27, 2010 | 68 comments

3995.

Part time Entrepreneur, fulltime Employee (sdk.org.nz)

91 points by staunch on Feb 25, 2010 | 65 comments

3996.

Unlimited Detail Wants To Kill 3D Cards (rockpapershotgun.com)

91 points by lobo-tuerto on Mar 10, 2010 | 64 comments

3997.

Platforms are for Suckers: Why you shouldn't build your business on one. (spencerfry.com)

91 points by dmitri1981 on Jun 2, 2010 | 64 comments

3998.

‘Obscene’ U.S. Manga Collector Jailed 6 Months (wired.com)

91 points by sailormoon on Feb 14, 2010 | 62 comments

3999.

Flattr, and Why It's Brilliant (danielmiessler.com)

91 points by danielrm26 on Jul 8, 2010 | 59 comments

4000.

Why Your Customers Don't Want to Talk to You (blogs.hbr.org)

91 points by klous on Jul 28, 2010 | 59 comments

4001.

Why Python? (linuxjournal.com)

91 points by ryanwaggoner on Oct 23, 2010 | 59 comments

4002.

Where are all the alpha geeks and what are they doing? (benjaminste.in)

91 points by ghurlman on Oct 5, 2010 | 58 comments

4003.

Single input login form (awayback.com)

91 points by gaelian on Oct 24, 2010 | 58 comments

4004.

Ask HN: Is it feasible to do high-frequency trading as an individual?

91 points by antichaos on Jul 15, 2010 | 57 comments

4005.

Android 2.2 (Froyo) features (blogs.zdnet.com)

91 points by mberube on Apr 25, 2010 | 56 comments

4006.

The Rank Amateur (jgc.org)

91 points by jgrahamc on Feb 10, 2010 | 55 comments

4007.

Send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 (redcross.org)

91 points by stuntgoat on Jan 14, 2010 | 54 comments

4008.

The Twitter Platform (blog.twitter.com)

91 points by salar on May 24, 2010 | 53 comments

4009.

Leading scientists say backscatter X-ray may be far more dangerous than thought (npr.org)

91 points by zacharyvoase on Nov 9, 2010 | 50 comments

4010.

Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you (thisweekinbatteries.blogspot.com)

91 points by dmlorenzetti on Feb 26, 2010 | 49 comments

4011.

Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup (blog.wepay.com)

91 points by kschults on Apr 28, 2010 | 49 comments

4012.

Why Facebook never happened in the UK. The case of FitFinder. (oonwoye.com)

91 points by OoTheNigerian on Dec 20, 2010 | 48 comments

4013.

Chrome will use gpu to render pages (blog.chromium.org)

91 points by catalinist on Aug 27, 2010 | 47 comments

4014.

I just released F.lux for Ubuntu (fades your screens at night) (kilianvalkhof.com)

91 points by kilian on Jul 26, 2010 | 46 comments

4015.

Securing your ssh server (rackerhacker.com)

91 points by notmyname on Oct 13, 2010 | 46 comments

4016.

Million-Dollar Murray: Homelessness may be easier to solve than to manage (gladwell.com)

91 points by skushch on Aug 6, 2010 | 45 comments

4017.

The sad evolution of wikis (apenwarr.ca)

91 points by blasdel on Sep 2, 2010 | 44 comments

4018.

Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible deciphered (sciencedaily.com)