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But why is HN so slow? Pages take like 30+ seconds to load for me (German vantage point, other sites are fine). Does it timeout on some Google dependency or try
by lucb1e 6y ago
But why is HN so slow? Pages take like 30+ seconds to load for me (German vantage point, other sites are fine). Does it timeout on some Google dependency or try to use a Google submarine cable or something? Or is everyone just posting to HN about it?
- RupertEisenhart 6y agothey arn't prepared for such big news, you are part of the involuntary DDOS
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- emirhan 6y agoI guess it's the demand of everyone checking HN to see if Google is down or not.
- roboyoshi 6y agoI think that is simply because all HN readers using some google service jump over here to check, because google's own statuspage is useless.
- kfrzcode 6y agoIf memory serves, HN is hosted on a relatively lightweight server configuration.
- rk06 6y agoIt is called HN hug of death (or Reddit hug of death). the traffic due to google outage is much more than usual