Ask HN: How exactly can I clone HN for another industry?
I'm a high school student and am curious as to how HN was cloned (banker news, coinspotting). I'm sure the front end stuff is simple, but what about back end? What about IP infringements?
I'm actually a building a network for teen/high school development at http://teen2geek.com, and one of the things that is part of the initiative is a social news application not too different from HN to discuss teen and high school development. I would love to have you on board, whether it be as a user, or as an open-source contributor considering you are in high school :) We already have a group of high schoolers working on this, and I would love to have you on the core team if you're interested (email in profile).
To answer your question, Telesc.pe is gaining popularity, although I'm refraining from using it in favor of Lamer News, simply because Telescope is not as established and runs on Meteor, which isn't even 1.0 and does not heed to progressive enhancement principles.
- Krish