Hacker News

A .NET-based Hacker News clone implementation focusing on top news aggregation functionality.

🚀 Existing Features

Core Functionality

• Story Listing: Browse submitted stories in a clean interface
• Web API: RESTful endpoints

Technical Implementation

• .NET Core/ASP.NET Core
• Swagger Integration

🎯 Purpose

This project demonstrates:

• Clean architecture principles in .NET
• RESTful API design patterns

📋 Prerequisites

• .NET SDK (version as specified in project)

Start the application

dotnet run

Usage

API Endpoints

• top stories: GET http://{host}/api/v1/stories?count=15
• metrics: GET http://{host}/metrics
• health: GET http://{host}/health

🏗️ Current Architecture

The application follows a standard Clean Architecture pattern:

• Application layer
• Infrastructure layer
• Application host
• Integration tests using Aspire
• Unit tests using xUnit

📝 TODO List

High Priority Infrastructure

• Redis Integration: Add distributed caching
• Integration Tests: Comprehensive testing infrastructure
• Unit Tests: Core functionality testing