I can barely read this article but from what I can see so far, it's missing the point. This author is not even doing the basics like combining CSS and JS, much

I can barely read this article but from what I can see so far, it's missing the point. This author is not even doing the basics like combining CSS and JS, much less minifying that, and the site cannot take a traffic spike. This page requires 42 requests for me, many of which are to dh42.com ... it may not be a big difference when you throw 25 requests at it but if you're serving any real traffic (as this HN traffic spike is clearly demonstrating), you're just sabotaging yourself. On some sites I've consulted with, just turning on KeepAlive and combining resources where possible is enough to get them to the next level, without resorting to a CDN. The difference between 40 requests to your box per page and 5 is pretty significant with any real load.