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Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

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Post by sciurus »

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #9

This isn't 'archived' - it's just the source code of HN Search. And place for reporting problems, like back in August when it wasn't ingesting data briefly https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44934518

The repo page says "This repository was archived by the owner on Feb 10, 2026. It is now read-only."

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

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Post by nomilk »

SilverElfin wrote: post #3

Is there a place to get an archive of all HN posts and historical comments?

Easiest way might be to use google cloud's 'bigquery' tool which lets you query hn data with SQL

I just tried

    SELECT *
    FROM `bigquery-public-data.hacker_news.full`
and it returns 47049059 rows. And

    SELECT
      MAX(timestamp) AS most_recent_timestamp
    FROM `bigquery-public-data.hacker_news.full`;
gives 2026-02-21 09:12:49 UTC, so it checks out.

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

#15

Post by mihaelm »

JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #10

Wasn't aware that this backend ran on rails.

Ruby is a sleeper for me. I wasn’t around when Ruby on Rails was all the rage for startups, so I always get surprised when I learn that so-and-so started off as a Ruby project.

But it totally makes sense considering its style.

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

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Post by kmmbvnr_ »

SilverElfin wrote: post #3

Is there a place to get an archive of all HN posts and historical comments?

Check HackerBook https://github.com/DOSAYGO-STUDIO/HackerBook

Repo packages 20 years of Hacker News into a static archive you can run entirely in your browser. The site is just files: HTML, JSON, and gzipped SQLite shards. No server app required.

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

#17

Post by latchkey »

mihaelm wrote: post #15
JoshGlazebrook wrote: post #10

Wasn't aware that this backend ran on rails.

Ruby is a sleeper for me. I wasn’t around when Ruby on Rails was all the rage for startups, so I always get surprised when I learn that so-and-so started off as a Ruby project. But it totally makes sense considering its style.

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Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

#18

Post by chuckmeyer »

Algolia DevRel here. An amazing dev named Jeff Slentz did a full rewrite about a year ago, which is what the current search runs on.

The new search is currently in a private repo, but I can see about getting it turned public if people would like to peruse the code.

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

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Post by burnt-resistor »

chuckmeyer wrote: post #18

Algolia DevRel here. An amazing dev named Jeff Slentz did a full rewrite about a year ago, which is what the current search runs on. The new search is currently in a private repo, but I can see about getting it turned public if people would like to peruse the code.

Had me scared for a moment that it was running Ruby 2.6 and Rails 5.1.7 in prod. :'D

FYI: The hn search index I'm seeing is about 9 hours old as of 2026-02-23T00:53:00Z. Is that right?

Re: Algolia Hacker News Search GitHub Project Archived

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Post by chuckmeyer »

burnt-resistor wrote: post #19
chuckmeyer wrote: post #18

Algolia DevRel here. An amazing dev named Jeff Slentz did a full rewrite about a year ago, which is what the current search runs on. The new search is currently in a private repo, but I can see about getting it turned public if people would like to peruse the code.

Had me scared for a moment that it was running Ruby 2.6 and Rails 5.1.7 in prod. :'D FYI: The hn search index I'm seeing is about 9 hours old as of 2026-02-23T00:53:00Z. Is that right?

Hmmm. Should update more often than that. Let me check!
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