Thanks :-) I wrote it so that it saves front page because that is how I personally read HN. On the days that I am not able to check HN (like it happened to me

Thanks :-) I wrote it so that it saves front page because that is how I personally read HN. On the days that I am not able to check HN (like it happened to me last weekend), I don't know what made it to the front page. You are correct that this is certainly not the best way to do it. As bootload mentioned, the 'best' page is limited to 180 links and if the points gained a new post is less than that of the 180th post in 'best', then it won't make it to that list. May be we should collect links from front and front+1 page that are more than a day old and sort them in descending order of points? Your thoughts welcome.