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Two years ago I emailed HN to ask why favoriting posts is rate limited. Got the reply, "HN's main software runs on a single core." They also said they are work

by andai 4y ago

Two years ago I emailed HN to ask why favoriting posts is rate limited. Got the reply, "HN's main software runs on a single core." They also said they are working on an overhaul of Arc and HN, which will massively improve performance.

hackernewds 4y ago
They gave you false info https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34171328 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34171328
- tjoff 4y ago
  Nothing in that thread or linked threads provides anything that contradicts that statement that I could find. Please be more descriptive so that people actually get your point.
- andai 4y ago
  NGINX does the heavy lifting, and can utilize many cores.