I bet a major cause of the traffic surge are just curious people like you that aren't even interested in this service, or jealous people that are intentionally

I bet a major cause of the traffic surge are just curious people like you that aren't even interested in this service, or jealous people that are intentionally pushing the limits and trying to make them fail. In fact, the fact that you're slandering them with an HN post might suggest you are more the latter. I am not in the market at all for this so I obviously haven't used it, but hopefully for them they can identify and keep their legitimate customers (not you) happy.