here is how you can pull a specific username's submissions and you can add filters: http://api.thriftdb.com/api.hnsearch.com/items/_search?filte...
And then here is how you can pull the comments for a specific thread/discussion/id: http://api.thriftdb.com/api.hnsearch.com/items/_search?filte...
you can now grab a lot of data.. including they enlarged the site's rss feed in hopes of slowing a few of the scrapers..
there are a few items missing, but they added a lot: http://www.hnsearch.com/api
btw that includes a user bio now, as well as things you've upvoted... etc.. its all just done via filters..
the also boosted the rss feed to help slow down the strapers