The site founder, pg, appears intentionally to omit himself from the leader list. The source code for HN,
https://github.com/nex3/arc/blob/master/news.arc
illustrates how the site operates (apart from some recent experiments, I think).
https://github.com/nex3/arc/blob/master/news.arc
illustrates how the site operates (apart from some recent experiments, I think).
Thanks for this. I've been wondering what was used to make HN for some time.