Generated locally from 4 historical hiring threads with the expanded Go dictionary.
Generated on Monday, April 27, 2026 from the target Hacker News thread.
Selected terms
Category, family, tags, and latest month metrics.
| Term | Kind | Family | Tags | Latest count | Latest % | Latest rank | Total mentions |
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This page was generated by the Go pipeline for August 2011 and analyzed 229 comments in the target thread.
Compared with the previous hiring thread, posting volume changed from 254 to 229 (-9.8%).
Top term this month: Ruby at rank 1 with 44 mentions (19.21% of postings).
Strongest year-over-year gainer in this run: Ruby (+0 rank positions).
Largest year-over-year drop in this run: Ruby (+0 rank positions).
This Go-generated page reuses the frontend charting assets, but renders from Go templates and a Go-generated dataset.
Artifacts for this run: data-20110801-go.js and summary-20110801-go.json.
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 1 | 3 | +2 | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 2 | 1 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 3 | 6 | +3 | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 4 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 5 | 2 | -3 | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 6 | 7 | +1 | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 7 | 5 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| PHP | Technology | Language | language, backend, web | 8 | 11 | +3 | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 9 | 12 | +3 | n/a | n/a |
| jQuery | Technology | Frontend | frontend, javascript, web, library | 10 | 16 | +6 | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 11 | 9 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 12 | 10 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| Node.js | Technology | Backend | backend, javascript, runtime, v8 | 13 | 22 | +9 | n/a | n/a |
| Agile | Process | Methodology | process, agile, methodology, management | 14 | 24 | +10 | n/a | n/a |
| MySQL | Technology | Database | database, sql, storage, backend | 15 | 8 | -7 | n/a | n/a |
| Senior | Work Attribute | Seniority | senior, seniority, role, experience-level | 16 | 14 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| CSS | Technology | Frontend | frontend, css, web, styling | 17 | 15 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| Django | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, python, web | 18 | 17 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Linux | Technology | Infrastructure | linux, systems, infrastructure, os | 19 | 25 | +6 | n/a | n/a |
| Git | Technology | Tooling | developer-tooling, version-control, vcs, tooling | 20 | 44 | +24 | n/a | n/a |
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 44 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 39 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 38 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 34 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 32 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 31 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 30 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| PHP | Technology | Language | language, backend, web | 28 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 26 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| jQuery | Technology | Frontend | frontend, javascript, web, library | 26 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 44 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 39 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 38 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 34 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 32 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 31 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 30 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| PHP | Technology | Language | language, backend, web | 28 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 26 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| jQuery | Technology | Frontend | frontend, javascript, web, library | 26 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Target month: August 2011
Target postings: 229
Threads analyzed: 4