What is the feasibility of using this (and a lot of other code) to take HN and actually real time-ify it? I wonder how easy it'd be to make that code generaliz

What is the feasibility of using this (and a lot of other code) to take HN and actually real time-ify it? I wonder how easy it'd be to make that code generalized so you could 'real time' any site that is mostly updating text. Could be applicable to reddit too, etc.