HN is a relatively simple, well understood web site, and there is an easy-to-use API that one can get access to without much ceremony. It's almost as common a

HN is a relatively simple, well understood web site, and there is an easy-to-use API that one can get access to without much ceremony. It's almost as common a "getting started" type project for a new front-end framework as creating yet another todo list app. I've assigned it as a take-home project for job candidates before.