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> Error establishing a database connection

• jethronethro 2y ago
  Wondering if this is the result of the HN equivalent of being slashdotted ...
  • SushiHippie 2y ago
    Probably, before submitting this link everything worked fine, but now I can't even load the page. Didn't knew that so many people on HN look into the "new" tab, that it could crash a website. Here is an archive link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240802013632/https://ewritable.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240802013632/https://ewritable...
    • deleted 2y ago
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  • waterproof 2y ago
    We call it the hug of death.
  • tomrod 2y ago
    HN H(ug)o(f)D(eath)
  • _heimdall 2y ago
    I'm always surprised when I see this happen. I could see a quick surge in traffic locking up the server, likely at the database, but I'd also expect that to sort itself out quickly with a reasonable infrastructure setup. I'm seeing a 503 here now, maybe they ran into a hard cap on hosting bandwidth?
    • bee_rider 2y ago
      I think it is just a news site about e-ink devices. Maybe just falling over is a reasonably failure mode and they’ve set up enough infrastructure? The site will be there in a day or soC for people that are really interested, most likely.
  • spudlyo 2y ago
    I think it has to do with the default value of max_connections in MySQL being somewhat low, I think it's like 150 or something.
  • knodi123 2y ago
    > of being slashdotted haha, you're old... :-)
    • jethronethro 2y ago
      Yes, yes I am. Now get off my lawn! :-)