error 500. maybe its unrelated to them not using postgresql.

zende · on July 26, 2010

here's the correct link: http://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-Quora-use-PostgreSQL

HN must have stripped out the ' from the link when I submitted it

zende · on July 26, 2010

grrrrr. apparently HN always strips single-quotes from links. There should be single-quote in the link in doesn't.

Here's a bit.ly link :-( http://bit.ly/9iQWn8

chacha102 · on July 26, 2010

You could always URL encode it: http://www.quora.com/Why-doesn%27t-Quora-use-PostgreSQL

That way everyone clicking on the link from the home page doesn't get taken to the 500 page.

146 · on July 26, 2010

Argh, that is really annoying though, and our servers really should be able to figure out that the two links, apostrophe or not, should lead to the same question. I'm a bit late to the game; was the original link up top unchanged?

Edit: should be fixed now.