If you're on a $2/mo shared host I'm sure 50 visits in a short enough period is enough to toast the server for a bit. Front-page HN articles can result in tens

If you're on a $2/mo shared host I'm sure 50 visits in a short enough period is enough to toast the server for a bit. Front-page HN articles can result in tens of thousands of unique visits[0] and several hundred simultaneous users. It's not hard to see how 200-300 can throttle an otherwise unoptimized site. [0] https://medium.com/@ketacode/the-impact-of-appearing-on-hns-front-page-and-the-secret-of-getting-there-d38a4865eb1f https://medium.com/@ketacode/the-impact-of-appearing-on-hns-...