Problem Description

I want to create a clone of Hacker News for a niche community of developers. Basically mimic the exact functionality of HN, but with a nicer UX/skin.

Acceptance Criteria

-A website with a short title, links, timestamps, a hide button, and # of upvotes are shown, just like the HN website (should be readable on mobile and desktop):
https://news.ycombinator.com/
-Accounts: People who want to post/comment/upvote should be able to sign up, with 2 account types: I) Poster, who can submit a link and title, comment, and upvote, II) Interactor, who can just comment and upvote, but cannot post. All poster account signups need to be approved easily by an admin (if not approved, they become Interactor by default). Once the account is approved, the poster can post anything.
-Submissions by posters need to include the title, link, and tags (with 3 tags minimum, and a suggested tag list).
-A guidelines, FAQ, and email contact page, just like the HN website (copy the same text - this is easy, and I can edit it later)
-An admin/moderator needs the ability to kill/delete posts or comments, and block accounts/users.
-It should be easy for me to take over the code and run it in GCP, AWS, or as a Replit app - use a simple database (PostGres, MySQL, MongoDB, etc).
-The UX/visual skin should be more like this site, instead of HN: https://cryptopanic.com/
-I have a modest preference for Python (Django, Flask) or Javascript (e.g. Node JS) site for the backend, so I can make edits directly.