I’ve been a fan of Lobste.rs for its great community and invite-only model. Recently, I’ve been wondering if there are any modern alternatives out there—especially those that use a serverless architecture.<p>I'm particularly looking for open-source options or any unique takes that embrace scalability and low maintenance through serverless tech.<p>Anyone seen anything cool or working on something similar? Would love to hear your thoughts!
Lobste.rs is open source: <a href="https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters">https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters</a><p>But anything more complex than a basic server seems like overkill for a simple text forum.
Lobste.rs is a rails app - as much as ruby is not really my bag, I don't think there's anything about it that is particularly "not modern".<p>The implication from your post is that to be "modern" an application needs to be "serverless" - which frankly is preposterous.
I develop a HN/Reddit/Lobste.rs like internet forum [0]. It's Node/Postgres with a vanilla SSR front-end. It's not serverless.<p>[0] <a href="https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles">https://github.com/ferg1e/comment-castles</a>