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		lazybreather on June 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How does HN manage to be always online? I would love to know tech stack and architecture of HN. And how it evolved (if it did). And what resources they spend (money, manhours etc) to maintain it.

beaconstudios on June 21, 2022 [–]

It's written in arc, a custom dialect of lisp that Paul Graham made.

mobilio on June 21, 2022 | [–]

http://arclanguage.org/forum

Does look familiar with interface?

memorable on June 21, 2022 | | [–]

It does look a lot like HN, although slightly different in colors, font family, and nav bar.

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