[FreezerburnV]

I'd actually disagree on the search not needing to be prioritized point. I think search could actually be a very powerful feature of HN allowing for readers to gain a deeper insight into various topics. Imagine if someone was reading about Rust for the first time (hey, there's even a "Rust vs Go" kind of post on the front page right now!) and wanted to learn a bit more about it by seeing what people have said about it in the past on HN. Said user could easily see the search bar at the top of the page, and use the (hypothetically good) search engine to discover articles about lifetimes, green vs native threads, etc. with little effort. Doing so otherwise might involve spending a decent amount of time exercising Google-fu to find the same information.

Sure, the focus of HN is still on the new content that people want to see, but it could also be a place to learn more. Or even find old posts that maybe you didn't bookmark at the time, but suddenly want to see now.

EDIT: Apologies for the triple post (if anyone saw that). I tried to submit the post three times, and two of the times went to a HN error message. I deleted the other two posts.