Which Hacker News threads carried the most burnout discussion since 2024?
A self-join from every matching comment to its root story — ranked threads, counts attached, in ten seconds.
Methodology
Comments join their story via story_hn_id and scry_recipe('burnout') selects them; grouping results by the thread they happened in is a join, and search engines have no join. The same shape ranks any discussion structure — reddit threads via link_id, mailing-list threads, papers by the discussion citing them.
Last verified: 2026-08-28
Query
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SELECT s.title AS story, count() AS burnout_comments FROM hackernews.items AS c INNER JOIN hackernews.items AS s ON c.story_hn_id = s.hn_id WHERE c.original_timestamp >= '2024-01-01' AND scry_recipe('burnout', c.search_text_lc) AND s.title != '' GROUP BY story ORDER BY burnout_comments DESC LIMIT 12Related questions
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