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https://crt.sh/?q=news.ycombinator.com https://crt.sh/?q=news.ycombinator.com (for the curious)

• judge2020 5y ago
  Slightly off-topic, but what happened during the time HN was using Cloudflare (August 2017 up to August 2018 by the looks of it)? Was it a trial and enough people complained about the usage, or otherwise had issues accessing from niche user agents?
  • atok1 5y ago
    I'm not sure with this instance but I do know that people complained since CF is the antithesis of privacy and the free internet.
  • dang 5y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21799223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21799223
    • milesvp 5y ago
      I’m surprised by this comment. Fewer moving parts is great, but having managed a news site, where peak traffic can dwarf typical traffic, I’ve just come to accept the necessary evil of a CDN. How are you managing the spikes?
      • slater 5y ago
        they don't, the site just falls over occasionally :)