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> Yes, 'Who Is Hiring' days strain our server in general and there are a lot of other things going today, like Slack being down and the holidays being over. (Ed
by gist 6y ago
> Yes, 'Who Is Hiring' days strain our server in general and there are a lot of other things going today, like Slack being down and the holidays being over. (Edit: and one mammoth 500-comment subthread that I've since split in two.)
You have access to both highly qualified people (that read HN and would most likely be glad to help you engineer a system (paid or unpaid) that would not be strained by usage) AND access to money if that was needed to improve things (and pay for a solution).
Does HN still run on a server colocated in a data center?
Is there a budget that you need to adhere to? YC certainly makes money and can afford to pay for a better setup.
A bit embarrassing HN should not run as if if it was operated out of one person's basement, budget, or expertise. (And it's not 1996 either it's 2021 and HN does not even have anything but text).
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt's single-threaded, isn't it? If so I'm sure the hardware is fine and not the bottleneck.
- majewsky 6y ago> A bit embarrassing HN should not run as if if it was operated out of one person's basement, budget, or expertise. To me, this is a hopeful message. It is still possible to run a website out of one's basement and have it become a staple of internet culture.
- Nextgrid 6y ago> Does HN still run on a server colocated in a data center? Is there a budget that you need to adhere to? YC certainly makes money and can afford to pay for a better setup. Why is a colocated server considered a bad setup? I think that actually getting the resources you pay for (instead of being on an overprovisioned VM host) and not being scammed on network data transfer fees is a great setup.
- deeblering4 6y agoOn the contrary... Running a site like this with the hot new rube goldberg stack and drastically overpriced VMs would be embarrassing. I find the simplicity here quite comforting.