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> How do you handle traffic spikes, especially from the networking point of view? I don't know about GP but managing your own server doesn't mean you cannot us
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
> How do you handle traffic spikes, especially from the networking point of view?
I don't know about GP but managing your own server doesn't mean you cannot use a CDN with your webapp.
- aledalgrande 5y agoA CDN wouldn't be enough if the traffic spike involves writes.
- giantrobot 5y agoOh no a website went down! Oh, wait, that's not an emergency. Where did the idea that every site and service needs five nines availability come from? A side project goes down or is read only for a few hours. Who gives a shit? It's not an insulin pump or nuclear control rods. It's ok for people to be mildly inconvenienced for a short period of time.
- kafkaIncarnate 5y ago"Always-on culture" I guess people who use Twitter don't like seeing bad things written about them on Twitter. Though the solution is to disown Twitter and all who use it.