Old code comment: "NB: HN usernames are cAsE SensiTivE"
In 10+ year old code I saw this comment that said HN usernames are case sensitive.
It doesn't look like this is true anymore, thankfully. Can anyone confirm? https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinS and https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mankinas Both lead to your profile. I suspect if they were case sensitive this wouldn’t be the case. I used to be unable to log in unless I entered my username with a capital L. I just tried with a lowercase L and it worked.