Atomic update is just good engineering practice regardless, and it’s pretty easy to work into your existing flow. As for responsiveness, it’s a good thing to p

Atomic update is just good engineering practice regardless, and it’s pretty easy to work into your existing flow. As for responsiveness, it’s a good thing to proactively prepare for an HN hug of death ;) It also starts to matter when the traffic crosses into 100k a day, as is the case in TFA.