Generated locally from 6 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 October 2011 and analyzed 195 comments in the target thread.
Compared with the previous hiring thread, posting volume changed from 190 to 195 (2.6%).
Top term this month: Front End at rank 1 with 39 mentions (20.00% of postings).
Strongest year-over-year gainer in this run: Front End (+0 rank positions).
Largest year-over-year drop in this run: Front End (+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-20111001-go.js and summary-20111001-go.json.
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Rank | Last Month | Change | Last Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 1 | 2 | +1 | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 2 | 4 | +2 | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 3 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 4 | 6 | +2 | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 5 | 1 | -4 | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 6 | 5 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 7 | 16 | +9 | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 8 | 7 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 9 | 8 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 10 | 15 | +5 | n/a | n/a |
| CSS | Technology | Frontend | frontend, css, web, styling | 11 | 20 | +9 | n/a | n/a |
| MySQL | Technology | Database | database, sql, storage, backend | 12 | 11 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Linux | Technology | Infrastructure | linux, systems, infrastructure, os | 13 | 12 | -1 | n/a | n/a |
| Node.js | Technology | Backend | backend, javascript, runtime, v8 | 14 | 18 | +4 | n/a | n/a |
| PHP | Technology | Language | language, backend, web | 15 | 10 | -5 | n/a | n/a |
| Senior | Work Attribute | Seniority | senior, seniority, role, experience-level | 16 | 14 | -2 | n/a | n/a |
| .NET | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, microsoft | 17 | 26 | +9 | n/a | n/a |
| C++ | Technology | Language | language, systems, backend, performance | 18 | 29 | +11 | n/a | n/a |
| Open Source | Work Attribute | Work Attribute | open-source, community, licensing | 19 | 19 | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| C | Technology | Language | language, systems, backend, low-level | 20 | 27 | +7 | n/a | n/a |
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 39 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 31 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 30 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 28 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 27 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 25 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 25 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 25 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 23 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 19 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Tech | Kind | Family | Tags | Mentions | Rank | Last Year Mentions | Last Year Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front End | Work Attribute | Work Area | frontend, work-area, ui, client-side | 39 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 31 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 30 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 28 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 27 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 25 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 25 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 25 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 23 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 19 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Target month: October 2011
Target postings: 195
Threads analyzed: 6