Fully agree, HN's basic/simple UI is of paramount importance to me. The "modern" UI proposal is clearly aimed at an audience that I have never felt part of. I

Fully agree, HN's basic/simple UI is of paramount importance to me. The "modern" UI proposal is clearly aimed at an audience that I have never felt part of. I have wondered several times how come has HN not yet abandoned its core principle of simplicity by letting some toxic product designer or typical alike position to step in and "modernize" HN's interface. Everyone does this today and always ends up alienating the audience on which the product is built (coughredditcough). I admire HN for not doing that, yet, after so many years.