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HN is my goto status page when these things happen, never failed to provide up-to-date reliable information.

jansan 6y ago
Google should write an AI application that checks on HN if their systems are working and display the result live on their status page. That would be more reliable than the current system they have in place (which is obviously not working at all).
- jaimex2 6y ago
  It would probably just end up banning Googles own account and leave them with no human escalation option.
- gostsamo 6y ago
  won't help when the ai service itself is down.
polote 6y ago
Seems like everyone going on HN now. The site is so slow
- davnicwil 6y ago
  Interesting cascade effect of sites going down! I wonder where people will go next to check if HN is down? Also wondering if this is perhaps the fastest upvoted HN post ever? 8 mins -> ~350 votes, 15 mins -> ~750 votes. I wonder if @dang could chime in with some stats? Update: looks like it hit 1000 upvotes in ~25 mins! Update: 1500 in ~40 mins Update: 2000 in ~1 hour 20 mins (used the HN API for the timestamp)
  - mrtksn 6y ago
    > I wonder where people will go next to check if HN is down? Probably: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
  - TonyTrapp 6y ago
    The recent youtube-dl takedown had a similar number of votes but still slightly slower, I think. I think it was >500 in 30min and >1000 in 60min if I remember correctly.
  - SSLy 6y ago
    reddit, nanog, 4chan, twitter — pick your poison
    - devenblake 6y ago
      "poison" is a particularly apt description for all of the above
  - Macha 6y ago
    Some politics topics have shot up pretty quickly in the past but user and/or mod flags send them back to page 2 about as quickly.
    - throwawaylolx 6y ago
      Funny this post is already #7. Are we seeing many reports again? Stats right now: 1985 points | 1 hour ago | 597 comments
      - Macha 6y ago
        Maybe, could have just seen a dropoff in upvotes once the issue was resolved also
  - CRConrad 6y ago
    /. , of course.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
- tuxone 6y ago
  Accessing the site anonymously fixes it (logged sessions are not chaced)
- marcbarbosa 6y ago
  HN uses Firebase, maybe that is the reason.
  - rmujica 6y ago
    TIL. What for?
    - porkbrain 6y ago
      The very least public APIs are exposed via firebase. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
  - qwertox 6y ago
    Does this site also use Firebase, or do they only feed Firebase's Database so that other developers can build upon it?
  - ratww 6y ago
    Any source for that? Last information I have is that it's written in Arc Lisp and uses files rather than a database for storage. There is a public API on Firebase, but AFAIR it's just a mirror rather than the main storage.
- ksec 6y ago
  HN was having problem showing anything for the past 10 min or so. I was going to ask if HN was down, then I saw this.
throwawaylolx 6y ago
For many others it seems: https://i.ibb.co/ns8DgGq/Screenshot-2020-12-14-at-12-10-17.png https://i.ibb.co/ns8DgGq/Screenshot-2020-12-14-at-12-10-17.p...
sammorrowdrums 6y ago
I, and probably many others here are like a status page for friends and family too... I had my wife thinking that the internet was broken, and tried tethering to phone and things and still didn't work, then showed me and I saw the status code errors and was like "it's actually parts of Google that are down". I love (and am deeply scared by) the dependence of Google and the confusion of it with the entire internet.
- throwawaylolx 6y ago
  It gets even worse: https://twitter.com/joemfbrown/status/1338452107419148290 https://twitter.com/joemfbrown/status/1338452107419148290 >I’m sitting here in the dark in my toddler’s room because the light is controlled by @Google Home. Rethinking... a lot right now. Some people are compiling more relevant events: https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit
  - mlindner 6y ago
    If your home automation system requires a network connection to work then something is very wrong.
    - m4rtink 6y ago
      Right? Home automation is perfectly fine and mught even expose a secure authenticated API to the internet so you can say check and adjust the temperature remotely, but it shoukd never ever go down for lical use if the Internet connectivity or the remote service backend goes down.
  - tibu 6y ago
    Home Assistant rulez with non-cloud sensors. I never by sensors, cameras, switches which require connection to an external host. But I'm sure that most people will do it even with such outages too.
  - fileeditview 6y ago
    I still like my physical switch on the wall to turn the light on and off very much.. for me it's hard to beat. I can even turn it on/off semi-remotely with e.g. a tennis ball.
saltmeister 6y ago
what a useful comment
ketamine__ 6y ago
There are other sites that can check for you

Google should write an AI application that checks on HN if their systems are working and display the result live on their status page. That would be more reliable than the current system they have in place (which is obviously not working at all).

jaimex2 6y ago
It would probably just end up banning Googles own account and leave them with no human escalation option.
gostsamo 6y ago
won't help when the ai service itself is down.

polote 6y ago

Seems like everyone going on HN now. The site is so slow

davnicwil 6y ago
Interesting cascade effect of sites going down! I wonder where people will go next to check if HN is down? Also wondering if this is perhaps the fastest upvoted HN post ever? 8 mins -> ~350 votes, 15 mins -> ~750 votes. I wonder if @dang could chime in with some stats? Update: looks like it hit 1000 upvotes in ~25 mins! Update: 1500 in ~40 mins Update: 2000 in ~1 hour 20 mins (used the HN API for the timestamp)
- mrtksn 6y ago
  > I wonder where people will go next to check if HN is down? Probably: https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/
- TonyTrapp 6y ago
  The recent youtube-dl takedown had a similar number of votes but still slightly slower, I think. I think it was >500 in 30min and >1000 in 60min if I remember correctly.
- SSLy 6y ago
  reddit, nanog, 4chan, twitter — pick your poison
  - devenblake 6y ago
    "poison" is a particularly apt description for all of the above
- Macha 6y ago
  Some politics topics have shot up pretty quickly in the past but user and/or mod flags send them back to page 2 about as quickly.
  - throwawaylolx 6y ago
    Funny this post is already #7. Are we seeing many reports again? Stats right now: 1985 points | 1 hour ago | 597 comments
    - Macha 6y ago
      Maybe, could have just seen a dropoff in upvotes once the issue was resolved also
- CRConrad 6y ago
  /. , of course.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
tuxone 6y ago
Accessing the site anonymously fixes it (logged sessions are not chaced)
marcbarbosa 6y ago
HN uses Firebase, maybe that is the reason.
- rmujica 6y ago
  TIL. What for?
  - porkbrain 6y ago
    The very least public APIs are exposed via firebase. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
- qwertox 6y ago
  Does this site also use Firebase, or do they only feed Firebase's Database so that other developers can build upon it?
- ratww 6y ago
  Any source for that? Last information I have is that it's written in Arc Lisp and uses files rather than a database for storage. There is a public API on Firebase, but AFAIR it's just a mirror rather than the main storage.
ksec 6y ago
HN was having problem showing anything for the past 10 min or so. I was going to ask if HN was down, then I saw this.

throwawaylolx 6y ago

For many others it seems: https://i.ibb.co/ns8DgGq/Screenshot-2020-12-14-at-12-10-17.png https://i.ibb.co/ns8DgGq/Screenshot-2020-12-14-at-12-10-17.p...

sammorrowdrums 6y ago

I, and probably many others here are like a status page for friends and family too... I had my wife thinking that the internet was broken, and tried tethering to phone and things and still didn't work, then showed me and I saw the status code errors and was like "it's actually parts of Google that are down". I love (and am deeply scared by) the dependence of Google and the confusion of it with the entire internet.

throwawaylolx 6y ago
It gets even worse: https://twitter.com/joemfbrown/status/1338452107419148290 https://twitter.com/joemfbrown/status/1338452107419148290 >I’m sitting here in the dark in my toddler’s room because the light is controlled by @Google Home. Rethinking... a lot right now. Some people are compiling more relevant events: https://twitter.com/internetofshit https://twitter.com/internetofshit
- mlindner 6y ago
  If your home automation system requires a network connection to work then something is very wrong.
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    Right? Home automation is perfectly fine and mught even expose a secure authenticated API to the internet so you can say check and adjust the temperature remotely, but it shoukd never ever go down for lical use if the Internet connectivity or the remote service backend goes down.
- tibu 6y ago
  Home Assistant rulez with non-cloud sensors. I never by sensors, cameras, switches which require connection to an external host. But I'm sure that most people will do it even with such outages too.
- fileeditview 6y ago
  I still like my physical switch on the wall to turn the light on and off very much.. for me it's hard to beat. I can even turn it on/off semi-remotely with e.g. a tennis ball.

saltmeister 6y ago

what a useful comment

ketamine__ 6y ago

There are other sites that can check for you