<story><title>Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum</title><url>https://basementcommunity.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>julianlam</author><text>As the maintainer of a self-proclaimed &amp;quot;modern&amp;quot; forum software, I always get really excited when new board software comes out.&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;ve probably discovered that building forum software is a lot more complicated than it looks. Those early boards really had a lot more going on under the hood than you thought!&lt;p&gt;It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wise.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll say what I always say when I discover new board software — give me a run for my money. Good luck!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sunaurus</author><text>&amp;gt; It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wise.&lt;p&gt;This is really interesting to me, because I created an &amp;quot;old&amp;quot; style forum from scratch for a gaming community about a decade ago, and it only took me a month or two to build.&lt;p&gt;I built it with Python and Angularjs. I think I had pretty much all the typical features: subforums, threads, posts, user profiles, signatures, full moderation tools, etc.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m actually genuinely curious about what I did differently from you. Do you have any blog posts or anything like that going into more detail about the hidden complexities that you guys dealt with under the hood?&lt;p&gt;Edit: Aha, I found your product through your profile and had a quick look. I guess it probably just comes down to amount features - you guys have a LOT more stuff going on that just a typical old forum did.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum</title><url>https://basementcommunity.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>julianlam</author><text>As the maintainer of a self-proclaimed &amp;quot;modern&amp;quot; forum software, I always get really excited when new board software comes out.&lt;p&gt;You&amp;#x27;ve probably discovered that building forum software is a lot more complicated than it looks. Those early boards really had a lot more going on under the hood than you thought!&lt;p&gt;It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wise.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ll say what I always say when I discover new board software — give me a run for my money. Good luck!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rambambram</author><text>NodeBB looks nice. A mobile first experience for a forum was lacking in the old ones. Your blog doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to have an RSS feed!?</text></comment>