> I feel you could take what HN has and add another 5-10% unicorn dust on top and have the best forum solution on earth.

That's cute. I thought the same back in 2014 when I started building forum software.

As it turns out, there's no one "perfect" feature set, and basic feature parity took far longer than I expected it to.

But I love reading about new entrants to the forum software scene... Do it! Give me a run for my money :)