On: Ask HN: What do you use to monitor your websites?

[moe]

Actually automatic countermeasures are almost always a bad idea. Don't do it.

If a service crashes repeatedly then fix the service, don't deploy bandaids. Those bandaids tend to pile up and god help you when that pile comes crashing down...

[andrewtj → moe]

You're ascribing a social phenomena to a technical implementation.