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> It even has a name over there, the "reddit hug of death" when it's overloaded by the new demand. And the OP's point is that even if this happens, the cost of
by mbesto 13y ago
> It even has a name over there, the "reddit hug of death" when it's overloaded by the new demand.
And the OP's point is that even if this happens, the cost of trying to overcomplicate things by adding HA, multi-tenancy, etc outweighs the cost of just getting the app into people's hands. We have this innate fear that overloaded our servers is the "worst thing ever". It isn't. If your server gets overloaded, that's a good problem to have.