I haven't seen representatives from Discourse, Flarum, Vanilla, or the like chime in yet, but as the founder of NodeBB, I want to say this is just awesome! I'm

I haven't seen representatives from Discourse, Flarum, Vanilla, or the like chime in yet, but as the founder of NodeBB, I want to say this is just awesome! I'm absolutely loving the fact that the HN zeitgeist has come around to embracing these no-js solutions focusing on function over form. Every once in awhile I come across little sparks in the forum space, but they all fizzle out for one simple reason: building a forum software isn't as easy as you think it is. For us, it took three developers a year apiece of full-time work to reach rough feature parity with our competitors, and we're still trying to innovate nearly a decade in (and add in the constant need for reducing technical debt, etc.) For now I will say what I always say when I see new competitors in the forum space — give me a run for my money. Keep me on my toes! I appreciate the challenge, and it gives me that extra incentive to make our software the best it can be.