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Ask y combinator: Why not release the Hacker News source as open source?

6 points by helium 18y ago

I have no idea which technologies are used for the news site engine, but would you ever consider releasing the source code? Would anyone find it useful?

vaksel 18y ago
HN is built using Arc: http://arclanguage.org/ http://arclanguage.org/
- helium 18y ago
  In that case couldn't this help with the adoption of Arc?
  - deleted 18y ago
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  - noodle 18y ago
    it would, which is why it is included with it.
ph0rque 18y ago
Would anyone find it useful? nickb found it useful enough to make his own yc, for financial news: http://www.newmogul.com/ http://www.newmogul.com/
- tocomment 18y ago
  Why does it look so different? Did he change the fonts? What kind of server resources are required to run it?
Tichy 18y ago
The source code for this site has been released as open source. I think it is included with arc, but I might be mistaken. In any case, if you search for it, you should be able to find it.
- noodle 18y ago
  it is.