Replying to Is NS from baremetal?

Just a little bit curious on how the site was made...

It's obviously not like any other sites on the internet (good thing). I'm wondering, did you guys use any frameworks whatsoever? or is the site completely from scratch?

Most forums use that shitty "vbulletin" which is boring beyond belief but extremely easy to implement (I did it once)... I mean it's highly customizable but not nearly close to if you make the shit from bare metal. It's my favorite forum because...

1. Community
2. Site design

It's so unbelievably clean and elegant, everything divided into it's own space and just... perfect...

Also what language? I know Ruby is popular these days (Rails framework in particular) but I'm guessing you used something a little older as the site's been around for a while...

Anyways no urgency to feed my curiosity, just if you have the time and feel like it.