Generated locally from 9 historical hiring threads with the expanded Go dictionary.
Generated on Sunday, June 21, 2026 from the target Hacker News thread.
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Selected terms
Category, family, tags, and latest month metrics.
| Term | Kind | Family | Tags | Latest count | Latest % | Latest rank | Total mentions |
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Geography
| Location | Weighted | Mentions | Companies | Top City | Work Mode Mix |
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This page was generated by the Go pipeline for January 2012 and analyzed 148 comments in the target thread.
Compared with the previous hiring thread, posting volume changed from 1 to 148 (14700.0%).
Top term this month: Front End at rank 1 with 28 mentions (18.92% 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-20120101-go.js and summary-20120101-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 | 179 | +178 | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 2 | 233 | +231 | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 3 | 374 | +371 | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 4 | 367 | +363 | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 5 | 229 | +224 | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 6 | 386 | +380 | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 7 | 48 | +41 | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 8 | 232 | +224 | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 9 | 15 | +6 | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 10 | 392 | +382 | n/a | n/a |
| jQuery | Technology | Frontend | frontend, javascript, web, library | 11 | 237 | +226 | n/a | n/a |
| Node.js | Technology | Backend | backend, javascript, runtime, v8 | 12 | 311 | +299 | n/a | n/a |
| Senior | Work Attribute | Seniority | senior, seniority, role, experience-level | 13 | 407 | +394 | n/a | n/a |
| MySQL | Technology | Database | database, sql, storage, backend | 14 | 300 | +286 | n/a | n/a |
| Open Source | Work Attribute | Work Attribute | open-source, community, licensing | 15 | 330 | +315 | n/a | n/a |
| Django | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, python, web | 16 | 126 | +110 | n/a | n/a |
| Hadoop | Technology | Data Engineering | data-engineering, distributed, processing, storage | 17 | 210 | +193 | n/a | n/a |
| Linux | Technology | Infrastructure | linux, systems, infrastructure, os | 18 | 271 | +253 | n/a | n/a |
| MongoDB | Technology | Database | database, nosql, document, storage | 19 | 297 | +278 | n/a | n/a |
| PHP | Technology | Language | language, backend, web | 20 | 350 | +330 | 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 | 28 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 28 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 24 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 23 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 21 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 21 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 20 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 18 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 17 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 16 | 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 | 28 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| JavaScript | Technology | Language | language, frontend, backend, web | 28 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rails | Technology | Backend | backend, framework, ruby, web | 24 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Python | Technology | Language | language, backend, ml, data | 23 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| iOS | Technology | Mobile | mobile, ios, swift, os | 21 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Remote | Work Attribute | Work Mode | remote, work-mode, role, location | 21 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Back End | Work Attribute | Work Area | backend, work-area, server-side, architecture | 20 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Java | Technology | Language | language, backend, jvm, enterprise | 18 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Android | Technology | Mobile | mobile, android, kotlin, java | 17 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ruby | Technology | Language | language, backend, web, scripting | 16 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Target month: January 2012
Target postings: 148
Threads analyzed: 9