I have been using it for a few years now. It does give a error quite often (1 out of 10 requests on average), but for what I'm using, it is pretty solid (as long as I retry when these errors occur).
The lack of functionality: it had it. The problem is that it not only required user/password, but it also was caught into HN's safety net, that prevents multiple accounts from the same IP to do a lot of stuff.
So it can work as library, but not as a server-side API. Therefore he removed it.
For another project of mine[1], I used Hacker News search API[2], which is really consistent, and really powerful, and is maintained by the the yc company that does ThriftDB[3]
The lack of functionality: it had it. The problem is that it not only required user/password, but it also was caught into HN's safety net, that prevents multiple accounts from the same IP to do a lot of stuff.
So it can work as library, but not as a server-side API. Therefore he removed it.
For another project of mine[1], I used Hacker News search API[2], which is really consistent, and really powerful, and is maintained by the the yc company that does ThriftDB[3]
[1]http://hnwho.com/
[2] http://www.hnsearch.com/api
[3] http://venturebeatprofiles.com/news/view/y-combinator?articl...