>the servers that run HN are surprisingly modest: just two machines with quad-core Intel Xeon E5-2637 v4 CPUs, running FreeBSD

Very nice. I used FreeBSD on my server until Version 9, I think I left for 2 reasons. The server experience heat death (my fault) and its Laptop support.

I heard v15 became alpha + its Laptop support has improved a lot. I will keep an eye on v15 and give it a try when released.

FWIW, I had to replace the power supply on the server and I forgot to plug in the CPU fan, doh. The machine was over 10 years old at the time.

I wonder what the uptime numbers are on the HN machines.