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Ask YC: Is the site slow or is it just me?
Is the slow or is it just me?
- pg 19y agoThe site was slow. I restarted the server, and it seems to be faster now. We're trying to figure out what the cause of the problem is. It could be simply that we've crossed the threshold of traffic that our hardware/sw can comfortably handle, in which case we need to find and fix whatever the current bottleneck is. Or it could be that something changed. We're getting requests in a new pattern. More anon.
- brianr 19y agoI seem to be getting logged out more frequently than usual (i.e. once a day; it used to be never). Perhaps that would explain the higher amount of anonymous requests?
- soundsop 19y agoI read more anon as more soon. But I haven't seen the word anon used outside of Shakespeare. So, either pg will be providing more information soon or there are more anonymous requests ;)
- pg 19y agoWe now think the problem is with us, but we're not sure exactly where. When stuff starts to break down under load it's hard to tell what's a bug and what's just a bad interaction. So we're investigating further. The good news is that the problem does seem to sort itself out. That is, the server gets slow for a while, and then it goes back to normal. So till we fix this, the solution is just to come back in 5 minutes and things will probably be fine.
- mhb 19y agohttp://www.slowforeveryoneorjustme.com/ http://www.slowforeveryoneorjustme.com/
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- marcus 19y agohttp://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/?url=news.ycombinator.com&treeview=0&column=objectID&order=1&type=0&save=true http://tools.pingdom.com/fpt/?url=news.ycombinator.com&t...
- chengmi 19y agohttp://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/slowforeveryoneorjustme.com http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/slowforeveryoneorjustme.c...
- xirium 19y agohttp://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdownforeveryoneorjustme.com%2Fslowforeveryoneorjustme.com http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdownforeveryo...
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- lpgauth 19y agoI haven't been around for a long time but why is this on the front page? I'm sure they know when it's slow... Anyways, I feel like those Ask YC are over used. I appreciate when they are about technical or startup related questions but just asking if the site is slow is stupid... Anyways, my 2 cents. You may karma me down.
- shaunxcode 19y agoI find the issue interesting because the software the site is running on is interesting. If it was just phpbb lagging what ever, but as that is not the case I am intrigued to see the solution they come up with. (even if it is just "more hardware"). I haven't noticed slow down as much as links that go nowhere (like when you click on more at the bottom of the page occasionally it tells me the link is expired..)
- zenlinux 19y agoI haven't noticed too much slowness lately...but I am guessing the web application's user sessions have been reset a few times over the past two days, as I keep having to log in even though my browser cookies are enabled correctly.