This is seriously misinformed. You have no idea what goes into making a site "as simple as HN", and I very much doubt you would be able to write one in a month, let alone a week.
Please list your assumptions about what ideas I have - since you're clearly assuming I don't work for a company that knows how to write websites that scale.
Edit: I find it adorable that you all think HN is a hard site to run. Good luck breaking 200 qps.
Edit: I find it adorable that you all think HN is a hard site to run. Good luck breaking 200 qps.
It is a hard site to run due to its audience. Realize that this site gets poked around by hundreds of hackers. All trying to learn or break the system. Trying to not get your ass handed to you with a commonly language/framework is hard enough. I can't fathom how they do it with an experimental language and libraries. Though they are Lisp hackers. If anyone can do it, its a Lisper...
