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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026749 stories
Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 286 comments · 925 points · Aug 27, 2026
A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare↗ sprocketfox.io · HN · 171 comments · 1035 points · Aug 19, 2026
We’re making Bunny DNS free↗ bunny.net · HN · 270 comments · 927 points · Jun 24, 2026
Domain expertise has always been the real moat↗ brethorsting.com · HN · 549 comments · 884 points · May 30, 2026
Cloudflare acquires Astro↗ astro.build · HN · 391 comments · 960 points · Jan 16, 2026
2025811 stories
Cloudflare was down↗ cloudflare.com · HN · 532 comments · 832 points · Dec 05, 2025
Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 post mortem↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 916 comments · 1465 points · Nov 18, 2025
Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues↗ cloudflarestatus.com · HN · 1650 comments · 2432 points · Nov 18, 2025
Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS↗ icann.org · HN · 347 comments · 886 points · Mar 17, 2025
Mastercard DNS error went unnoticed for years↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 249 comments · 1007 points · Jan 22, 2025
2024900 stories
This website is hosted on Bluesky↗ danielmangum.com · HN · 168 comments · 713 points · Nov 24, 2024
Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted↗ bryanbraun.com · HN · 188 comments · 936 points · Oct 25, 2024
Company named "><SCRIPT SRC=HTTPS://MJT.XSS.HT> LTD" forced to change it (2020)↗ theguardian.com · HN · 252 comments · 572 points · Oct 25, 2024
We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi↗ labs.watchtowr.com · HN · 367 comments · 1624 points · Sep 11, 2024
Cloudflare took down our website↗ robindev.substack.com · HN · 466 comments · 1044 points · May 26, 2024
2023972 stories
It's not always DNS, unless it is↗ medium.com · HN · 73 comments · 115 points · Dec 21, 2023
DNS record "hn.algolia.com" is gone↗ nslookup.io · HN · 17 comments · 102 points · Oct 09, 2023
Why is DNS still hard to learn?↗ jvns.ca · HN · 23 comments · 57 points · Jul 28, 2023
The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked↗ financialstatement.zip · HN · 66 comments · 109 points · May 12, 2023
Ok, Cloudflare I am leaving↗ lexx.gr · HN · 10 comments · 74 points · Jan 03, 2023
2022918 stories
Ooh.directory↗ ooh.directory · HN · 164 comments · 946 points · Nov 23, 2022
Cloudflare outage on June 21, 2022↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 229 comments · 703 points · Jun 21, 2022
Cloudflare had a partial outage↗ cloudflare.com · HN · 426 comments · 723 points · Jun 21, 2022
DNS Toys↗ dns.toys · HN · 104 comments · 946 points · Jun 11, 2022
Namecheap: Russia Service Termination↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 1828 comments · 1735 points · Feb 28, 2022
2021859 stories
Mess with DNS↗ jvns.ca · HN · 87 comments · 958 points · Dec 15, 2021
Cloudflare's Disruption↗ stratechery.com · HN · 232 comments · 569 points · Sep 30, 2021
Another free CA as an alternative to Let's Encrypt↗ scotthelme.co.uk · HN · 202 comments · 652 points · Aug 20, 2021
Who Owns My Name?↗ amandamarieknox.medium.com · HN · 267 comments · 908 points · Jul 30, 2021
Self hosting is important↗ dataswamp.org · HN · 318 comments · 566 points · Jul 24, 2021
20201,032 stories
Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 729 comments · 1656 points · Sep 17, 2020
Cloudflare was down↗ cloudflarestatus.com · HN · 476 comments · 926 points · Jul 17, 2020
ICANN board withholds consent for a change of control of the .org registry↗ icann.org · HN · 247 comments · 1464 points · May 01, 2020
Who’s behind the “reopen” domain surge?↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 445 comments · 988 points · Apr 20, 2020
Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates↗ letsencrypt.org · HN · 258 comments · 1160 points · Feb 27, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Saving 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1's DNS cache↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 286 comments · 925 points · Aug 27, 2026
Shutting down our public encrypted DNS↗ mullvad.net · HN · 265 comments · 484 points · Sep 04, 2026
Whoisinspace.com/↗ whoisinspace.com · HN · 90 comments · 137 points · Sep 17, 2026
A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare↗ sprocketfox.io · HN · 171 comments · 1035 points · Aug 19, 2026
deSEC – Free Secure DNS↗ desec.io · HN · 72 comments · 165 points · Sep 04, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Shutting down our public encrypted DNS↗ mullvad.net · HN · 265 comments · 484 points · Sep 04, 2026
P99 0 ms* autocomplete for 240M domain names↗ ruurtjan.com · HN · 88 comments · 225 points · Aug 31, 2026
How to get a free .arpa domain↗ hawksley.dev · HN · 16 comments · 175 points · Aug 31, 2026
deSEC – Free Secure DNS↗ desec.io · HN · 72 comments · 165 points · Sep 04, 2026
Whoisinspace.com/↗ whoisinspace.com · HN · 90 comments · 137 points · Sep 17, 2026
An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacy↗ quad9.net · HN · 39 comments · 135 points · Sep 04, 2026
You Rename My Lake – I Move My Hosting↗ olafalders.com · HN · 75 comments · 96 points · Aug 31, 2026
Discontinuation of third level domain registrations for the .name TLD [pdf]↗ itp.cdn.icann.org · HN · 61 comments · 86 points · Aug 31, 2026
DNS abuse and criminal infrastructure↗ labs.ripe.net · HN · 48 comments · 84 points · Aug 30, 2026
DeCloudflare↗ 0xacab.org · HN · 55 comments · 52 points · Sep 11, 2026

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