It's not just about story stream, it was also about different users needing to see different things based on settings, permissions and function outside HN...unt

It's not just about story stream, it was also about different users needing to see different things based on settings, permissions and function outside HN...until recently, the software that powered YC and powered HN were the same. Like Dan wrote, "Getting rid of those closures was a pain, and it made the code more complicated." The tradeoff pg made was for a bit of inconvenience in user experience for a much simpler architecture that allowed him to run HN as a side project while also running YC and writing the essays we've come to admire. You might have made a different decision, sure, but I can't say it wasn't the right call for his circumstances.