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It probably IS expensive to host because it’s written in a language no one uses without an optimizing compiler, and apprently most of the “db” is flatfiles on d
by TylerE 4y ago
It probably IS expensive to host because it’s written in a language no one uses without an optimizing compiler, and apprently most of the “db” is flatfiles on disk, some of which get read on every request.
- jrockway 4y agoComputers are fast. This isn't a particularly demanding workload; pages for users that aren't logged in are cached, and there probably aren't a ton of people logged in. Last time I looked, Let's Encrypt had one big beefy Postgres database to issue pretty much every single TLS certificate on the Internet. Computers are fast.
- detaro 4y agoits hosted on a single random server, so no, in absolute terms it very unlikely is expensive. (or two actually, since there is a backup server afaik)
- orangepurple 4y agoYou vastly underestimate how much impact ONE server can make if you don't use modern cloud garbage tech
- dang 4y agoHN isn't that expensive to host. We have two servers at a colo and various backups to S3.