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[neilv]

Probably not related, but I've been getting lots of throttling-like huge page load delays on HN the last couple days, only when logged in.

Any idea whether that's just an overloaded application server, or something Cloudflare is doing?

[pixelesque → neilv]

That's often the case with HN I think from past experience when there are large threads on HN, and dang has in the past said that's due to the application server.

[keepamovin → pixelesque]

Single core application server no less

[diggan → keepamovin]

Crafted by first creating a language, then a framework and then the "news" application.

The holy grail of NIH :)

[keepamovin → diggan]

Do things that don't scale! haha