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Rate-limits? Use a CDN? Lots of traffic can be a problem whether it's bots or humans.
by ForHackernews 1y ago
Rate-limits? Use a CDN? Lots of traffic can be a problem whether it's bots or humans.
- danudey 1y agoYou realize this entire thread is about a pitch from a CDN company trying to solve an issue that has presented itself at such a scale that this is the best option they can think of to keep the web alive, right? "Use a CDN" is not sufficient when these bots are so incredibly poorly behaved, because you're still paying for that CDN and this bad behavior is going to cost you a fortune in CDN costs (or cost the CDN a fortune instead, which is why Cloudflare is suggesting this).