Thanks for replying! I work on Rails applications so "forum software" sounded like something in my wheelhouse, hence the question. Admittedly, my mind went to a

Thanks for replying! I work on Rails applications so "forum software" sounded like something in my wheelhouse, hence the question. Admittedly, my mind went to a similar setup as Discourse so this helps me understand what a host might dislike about their software. I've used many phpBB forums in the past and I often find myself wondering why that UI seems to have fallen out of fashion so it interests me to consider building something myself. It's not likely you'll see anything from me anytime soon (maybe eventually but that's a fuckton of work and I have a day job) but I have ideas of leveraging server-side rendering per the "don't make js required" comment and progressive enhancement in general. If I do build something like this my target browser would likely be Lynx[0]. Just consider it a pipe dream until you see my "Show HN" post. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)