Sorry if this is a little off-topic, but since you're working on a HN-like site I'd be curious to know if you gave Telescope (http://telesc.pe) a try?
And if you did, what made you decide not to use it?
And if you did, what made you decide not to use it?
http://nicholasblee.com/blog/hacker-news-clone-on-a-free-aws...