I think it's fair to say that there are a large number of front-end and "full-stack" (insert whatever definition of full-stack works for you) who frequent HN. I

I think it's fair to say that there are a large number of front-end and "full-stack" (insert whatever definition of full-stack works for you) who frequent HN. If you were to ask a group of lawyers which part of HN could use the most attention - they might suggest stronger wording in the TOS or Privacy Policy. If you asked a group of ML/data scientists, they might suggest an improved API for programmatic access. If you ask a group of front-end devs, it might be perfectly obvious to them that it needs the latest whiz-bang stack - and a custom Electron client too! And I'd disagree with all of them. HN is great because it does one thing and does it well. It might not have found the global maximum, but any deviation from this particular local will likely involve a lengthy exploration of minimums.