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Ask HN: best way to quicky prototype/pilot Stackoverflow kind of website?
I wish to prototype a community-driven Q&A site and explore its viability before committing serious development effort into it. However, existing pricing for StackExchange ($160/month) is little too high for me plus the data ownership issues are of concern. Any ideas (or open source suggestions) on how to go about piloting such a website? I have already explored Stackoverflow clones (such as CNProg/Qwench) but those seem a bit limiting to me (in one way or the other). Thanks for your help.
- davidw 17y ago* Build it yourself with something that's fast for development, like Rails or Django. * Pay the guys who work on the clones to add features. * Pay a contractor to work on the open source clones. * Work on the open source clones yourself. * Get lucky and find something better than what you've found so far. My guess is that improving the open source clones is your best bet.