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Show HN: I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of comments

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Why This Matters

This article highlights the dynamic shifts in the tech industry by analyzing 18 years of Hacker News comments, revealing how different technologies and platforms rise and fall in popularity over time. Understanding these trends helps industry professionals and consumers anticipate future developments and make informed decisions about technology adoption.

Key Takeaways

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vercel vs cloudflare The deploy-platform rivalry: Cloudflare carries the CDN/edge conversation for years, then Vercel surges on the Next.js wave and the two trade blows as both push into edge functions and full-stack hosting.

openai vs anthropic David vs Goliath of the lab era: OpenAI's repeated towers lead from 2023, until a sudden 2026 Anthropic surge pulls level and the lead changes hands.

amd vs nvidia The silicon baton pass: AMD leads 2017–20 on the Ryzen/Zen comeback, then Nvidia overtakes with the 2020–23 GPU-and-AI surge.

scala vs swift vs kotlin A three-way relay across the JVM/mobile era: Scala is the hot language ~2011, Swift grabs the baton with iOS mid-decade, then Kotlin overtakes both as Android goes Kotlin-first.

angular vs vue vs svelte Frontend's generations in a line: Angular leads the framework wars ~2013–14, Vue rises 2016–19, then Svelte takes the newcomer crown 2020–22.

mysql vs postgres The database lead-swap: MySQL owns the conversation around 2009–11, then goes quiet as Postgres climbs to overtake it by 2017–20.

tensorflow vs pytorch vs jax ML frameworks, generation by generation: TensorFlow launches the deep-learning gold rush 2015–16, PyTorch overtakes research 2019–21, then JAX becomes the cutting-edge favorite 2021–23.

webpack vs vite Bundler changing of the guard: Webpack owns the build step 2015–20, then Vite arrives and overtakes it from 2022 on.

coinbase vs binance Crypto-exchange lead-swap: Coinbase is the exchange people talk about through 2013–21, then Binance takes over the headlines in 2022–23.

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