The author discussed the project and a fair amount of internals in the JS Jabber podcast a couple months ago. Very recommended: <a href="http://javascriptjabber.com/077-jsj-monocle-with-alex-maccaw/" rel="nofollow">http://javascriptjabber.com/077-jsj-monocle-with-alex-maccaw...</a>
Somehow I don't find the typography satisfying. It is hard to read and explore the titles. HN does a better job at this even though your site looks prettier.<p>The same goes for telesc.pe mentioned by sgdesign.
Always nice to see more HN-style open-source apps. I hope if it's alright if I plug mine, an HN clone built with Meteor:<p><a href="http://telesc.pe" rel="nofollow">http://telesc.pe</a><p>And by the way, if you like this kind of layout with the link on the left, this alternative HN user interface is very well made: <a href="http://hn.premii.com/" rel="nofollow">http://hn.premii.com/</a>