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The HN effect is overrated. I had two articles on the front page at the same time and never exceeded 1000 requests per minute. And very very few of those visits
by jdlshore 4y ago
The HN effect is overrated. I had two articles on the front page at the same time and never exceeded 1000 requests per minute. And very very few of those visits turn into repeat users.
Edit: (The load was easily handled by a single Heroku dyno. I turned it up to two dynos overnight, just in case, but it turned out to be unnecessary.)