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Job ads can't be posted as stories. We would hardly be much of moderators if we didn't apply that to ourselves.

Going to kill this now.

Link to the job posting: https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74...

Their stack is RoR, JS, React, AWS, and PostgreSQL. The HN system is handled by a separate team, and the job is based in downtown SF. It is onsite only.

I wonder why they don't use Lisp anymore, if they claim to stand by Graham's advocacy.

> Note: Hacker News is written in Lisp, but Hacker News is run by a separate team. While we don't use Lisp anymore in our internal software, we retain the original motivation for it, and welcome Lisp hackers to join us.

Source: https://jobs.lever.co/ycombinator/8703c1d9-af67-4826-90e4-74...

My wild guess would be the ecosystem of libraries for their domain.

Well, I'm interested in the actual reasons, not random guessing.

What other investors write software to help their portfolio or themselves?

YC is hiring hackers