The first and foremost reason for me to consult HN is because it is fast. I am in China, and usualy send time on the web only on my phone, with 3g connection.
HN speed beats all other link agregators, blogs, news site, and even goolgle search, and -- most interesting: even fast Chinese sites.
I don't know why it is so fast (except when it is dead, obviously), maybe because of this flat-file architecture, which could just make sense. (Git is very fast too, right?)
And I think it is interesting that the "make it fast" is a leitmotiv that has been forgotten by so many people, Google firstly, but is still a reason for some (me, at least) to pick this site over that sire.
The first and foremost reason for me to consult HN is because it is fast. I am in China, and usualy send time on the web only on my phone, with 3g connection.
HN speed beats all other link agregators, blogs, news site, and even goolgle search, and -- most interesting: even fast Chinese sites.
I don't know why it is so fast (except when it is dead, obviously), maybe because of this flat-file architecture, which could just make sense. (Git is very fast too, right?)
And I think it is interesting that the "make it fast" is a leitmotiv that has been forgotten by so many people, Google firstly, but is still a reason for some (me, at least) to pick this site over that sire.