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History of HackerNews Search: From 2007 to 2024
The history of HackerNews (HN) search spans three generations. Starting in 2007 with Disqus founder Jason Yan followed by a series of other sites, Octopart/ThriftDB-powered HNSearch in 2011, and finally Algolia-powered search from 2014 to today.