The real world Lisp/Clojure + Hadoop approach is definitely fun to hear about. Also interesting to see a YCombinator team with 8+ people including a domain expert. Mashing up 4+ messy data sources is tough to do. Very unconventional on many fronts.
It's totally fun--we love it. Everyone has a role that they own and we trust each other to execute. Stay tuned--this is just a small slice of what's coming...
