Seriously? What kind of technology is behind this thing that a 3am PST HackerNewsing could bring it down? Even with the lowest spec cloud slice, no decently b

Seriously? What kind of technology is behind this thing that a 3am PST HackerNewsing could bring it down? Even with the lowest spec cloud slice, no decently built web app should fold under a few thousand visitors. My guess (from having various sites linked at the top of HN) is that you are seeing maybe 20 simultaneous visits right now. If it's having scaling problems with this light a load, that's a serious problem.