> If there's a meaningful problem (e.g., comments being computationally expensive to paginate well) that the language/runtime/system/etc cannot solve easily eno

> If there's a meaningful problem (e.g., comments being computationally expensive to paginate well) that the language/runtime/system/etc cannot solve easily enough for it to be remedied in O(months), it does call into question whether the choice of language is the right one. I could be wrong, but I get the sense that HN doesn't have any full-time developers. In fact, I think it might be entirely dang—he's talked before about how moderating HN leaves him with very little HN development time.