Developer creates nearly exact Hacker News clone as technical exercise

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A developer has created an almost pixel-perfect clone of Hacker News called news.ycombinator.lol. The project took four months of near-daily work to port the site to Common Lisp with high performance goals. The clone currently mirrors real Hacker News comments exactly, though it originally aimed to feature AI-generated comments. The developer describes it as a technical exercise and art project to test their abilities and appreciate Hacker News's subtle features. Users can claim their cloned profiles to redact comments, and the site has been running stably for several months.

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