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Re: by unono on Thursday August 29, 2013 @09:57PM (#6299802)
PG didn't use SQL. Not sure why, I would love an explanation from PG himself. He's a great programmer and can teach us something while explaining his reasoning.
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Re: by fnordfnordfnord on Thursday August 29, 2013 @10:20PM (#6299867)
He did explain that at least once here. Someone brought it up about six months ago when they updated to the new Altair. Here is a related discussion from around that time. Sorry I couldn't find the one from PG. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5239673

IIRC HN runs off a flat file, and doesn't use SQL, or anything else fancy simply because it isn't needed, and or because it adds unneeded complexity.

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Re: by unono on Friday August 30, 2013 @12:44AM (#6300308)
Thanks, looks good. HN was built before heroku and app engine then. Nowadays, putting a db-backed site on them is pretty easy zero-admin affair.
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