Whirlpool (AKA WP), is a very popular tech 'forum' in Australia / Nz.<p>For an overview of it's arch, see here:
https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/wp_architecture<p>And these 2 links lead off to just about anything else related to the service:
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au
https://whirlpool.net.au/wiki<p>For those unfamiliar, there's a tonne of great enduser features (inc. a very powerful userscript called wp+).<p>I'd love to rebuild it all into a modern FOSS web app, one that uses just html/css/js etc, instead of java.<p>With it's own unique UX/UI, but one that still hints-at or feels, a lot like WP.<p>Interested in folks thoughts on how best to approach this.