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Funny story is my company at the time looked at acquiring EventBrite about 10? years ago, and as part of the integration eval, I happened to run the ab command
by gedy 8y ago
Funny story is my company at the time looked at acquiring EventBrite about 10? years ago, and as part of the integration eval, I happened to run the ab command against their endpoint. Few minutes later VP ran to my office and told me to stop as EventBrite called saying we were DDOSing them.
Congrats to EventBrite on going public. Am glad you stayed independent, as my company would have ruined them, like many other acquisitions..
- buf 8y agoI was likely panicking not knowing anything at that time. Such a wild time of chaos and coffee overdoses.
- barkingcat 8y agoIt could have been you who saved them from ruin! I imagine the conversation in the back "Do you believe it? Gedy's megacorp tried to ddos us!" "Accidentally! they were trying to run ab" "Well, even so, we don't want to sell to them anymore." And now they are going public.
- swyx 8y agonot a pro *nix guy here - what is the ab command and why does it make sense as part of an integration eval?