Cisco gives engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite legacy code
Hacker News story from fortune.com, 345 comments
Best rank#1
Peak score99
Hours in top 1016
First seenOct 30, 2026
Points history
From 29 real hourly snapshots (Oct 30, 2026 15:16 UTC to Nov 01, 2026 01:46 UTC). Nothing is interpolated.
Momentum: +188 points in 23h, 291 points total
Top-10 appearances
| Run | Rank | Score | points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 18:30 UTC | #4 | 96 | 291 |
| Oct 31, 2026 17:16 UTC | #3 | 97 | 277 |
| Oct 31, 2026 16:01 UTC | #2 | 97 | 250 |
| Oct 31, 2026 14:46 UTC | #5 | 96 | 234 |
| Oct 31, 2026 13:31 UTC | #3 | 97 | 227 |
| Oct 31, 2026 12:16 UTC | #2 | 98 | 211 |
| Oct 31, 2026 11:01 UTC | #3 | 97 | 203 |
| Oct 31, 2026 09:46 UTC | #1 | 99 | 190 |
| Oct 31, 2026 08:31 UTC | #2 | 97 | 179 |
| Oct 31, 2026 07:16 UTC | #4 | 96 | 160 |
| Oct 31, 2026 04:46 UTC | #3 | 97 | 138 |
| Oct 31, 2026 03:31 UTC | #3 | 97 | 125 |
| Oct 31, 2026 02:16 UTC | #2 | 98 | 114 |
| Oct 31, 2026 01:01 UTC | #4 | 96 | 94 |
| Oct 30, 2026 23:46 UTC | #4 | 94 | 77 |
| Oct 30, 2026 16:31 UTC | #7 | 93 | 43 |
Days in the archive: 2026-10-31, 2026-10-30
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