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1,169 Hall of Fame links and 1,994 Candidates.

We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) web.mit.edu 1164 peak points 57 submissions · 50 people · 17.9 years Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998) norvig.com 586 peak points 32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years Cool URIs Don't Change (1998) www.w3.org 387 peak points 24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years What You Can't Say (2004) www.paulgraham.com 241 peak points 31 submissions · 31 people · 14.5 years

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We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

web.mit.edu Essays & writing 57 submissions · 50 people · 17.9 years

Class of 2015-04

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Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years (1998)

norvig.com Books & learning 32 submissions · 32 people · 18.6 years

Class of 2021-06

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Cool URIs Don't Change (1998)

www.w3.org Books & learning 24 submissions · 21 people · 16.4 years

Class of 2016-05

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What You Can't Say (2004)

www.paulgraham.com Essays & writing 31 submissions · 31 people · 14.5 years

Class of 2014-03

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Music for Programming

musicforprogramming.net Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 26 people · 14.2 years

Class of 2016-11

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If the moon were only 1 pixel: A tediously accurate solar system model (2014)

joshworth.com Tools, games & demos 31 submissions · 30 people · 11.3 years

Class of 2017-03

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Choose Boring Technology (2015)

mcfunley.com Essays & writing 41 submissions · 39 people · 11.1 years

Class of 2020-06

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[The Unix-Haters Handbook (1994) \[pdf\]](https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hall/link/the-unix-haters-handbook-1994-pdf-d9d0234a61d4/)

web.mit.edu Books & learning 17 submissions · 16 people · 15.0 years

Class of 2017-03

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The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Office"

www.ribbonfarm.com Essays & writing 24 submissions · 24 people · 16.4 years

Class of 2020-12

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Why GNU grep is fast (2010)

lists.freebsd.org Essays & writing 14 submissions · 14 people · 11.9 years

Class of 2015-03

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[The Birth and Death of JavaScript \[video\]](https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hall/link/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript-video-d9d0234ca1dd/)

www.destroyallsoftware.com Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 23 people · 12.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2026-06-14

Completed last:breakout pair

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The state of building user interfaces in Rust

areweguiyet.com Reference 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2026-06-10

Completed last:breakout pair

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Japan's Rail Workers Pointing at Things (2017)

www.atlasobscura.com Essays & writing 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2022-05-05

Completed last:5th submission

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Questions to ask at the end of a technical interview (2017)

smalldata.tech Books & learning 14 submissions · 3 people · 9.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2020-04-11

Completed last:3rd submitter

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Why Zig when there is already C++, D, and Rust?

ziglang.org Reference 5 submissions · 4 people · 5.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2024-01-22

Completed last:5th submission

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[The Birth and Death of JavaScript \[video\]](https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hall/link/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript-video-d9d0234ca1dd/)

www.destroyallsoftware.com Audio, video & images 27 submissions · 23 people · 12.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2026-06-14

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What every coder should know about gamma

blog.johnnovak.net Books & learning 8 submissions · 8 people · 9.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-11 Resurfaced 2026-06-13

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[Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) \[pdf\]](https://www.orangecrumbs.com/hall/link/nobody-ever-gets-credit-for-fixing-problems-that-never-happened-d9d0234f1a13/)

web.mit.edu Research & data 6 submissions · 5 people · 11.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-02 Resurfaced 2026-06-12

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github.com Software & code 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-03 Resurfaced 2026-06-10

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The state of building user interfaces in Rust

areweguiyet.com Reference 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-06 Resurfaced 2026-06-10

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Queues don't fix overload (2014)

ferd.ca Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 11.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-01 Resurfaced 2026-06-09

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Homepage of Berkshire Hathaway, 17th biggest company in the world

www.berkshirehathaway.com Sites & organizations 13 submissions · 13 people · 16.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-11 Resurfaced 2026-06-09

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Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People

idlewords.com Essays & writing 10 submissions · 10 people · 9.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2026-06-01

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