Of that sampling, it hit the apex for me with Jan 2009 page. The Mar 2009 page is when there was an influx, and we started posting Erlang stories as a joke to stem the flow.
What brings a tear to my eye is that, back in those days, it was hard for me to tell at first that it was a deliberate plot. It felt quite natural to have multiple discussions of Erlang on the front page.
That Erlamg screenshot is hilarious. Only one story on the front page didn't have Erlang in the title, why HN had been slow...was it due to the amount of Erlang submissions?
I was part of that influx (I registered 5 days before pg's Erlang post). I apologize for making the page worse for the rest of you ;-). Honestly, the Erlang posts contributed to keeping my interest (though I didn't pay much attention during the following summer as I was busy coding).
