3 ms·It struggles whenever there's a story more popular than usual thoughby nextaccountic 3y agoIt struggles whenever there's a story more popular than usual thoughwruza 3y agoOnly for those logged in, because we bypass caches/cdn. Logout helps both you and HN in these cases.gary_0 3y agoHacker News doesn't use a CDN as far as I can see; news.ycombinator.com resolves straight to the single box HN lives on. You're right about caching, though.