Their scale is (at least compared to anyone operating "at scale") tiny. 400k searches daily, I don't think it's unreasonable for them to struggle with an unexp

Their scale is (at least compared to anyone operating "at scale") tiny. 400k searches daily, I don't think it's unreasonable for them to struggle with an unexpected extra 60k over a small number of hours. Especially when it's the first time someone's done that to them. For comparison, the stuff I work on is definitely not FAANG-scale but it's decidedly larger (at least in request rate) than Kagi. I'm sure they'll learn quickly, but in the meantime I'm almost hoping that they do have more issues like this -- it's a sign that they're moving in the right direction.