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Re:Linux Performance by justinhensley on Friday January 27, 2017 @11:03AM (#13500536)
The trick in this solution is deciding when to flip the switch for the cached version.

Perhaps a simple GET to the URL ever 60s. If you receive 5 non-200 responses in a row, then the HN link points to the archive.is version. Same method in reverse for bringing it back.

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Re:Linux Performance by fao_ on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:18PM (#13501060)
That sounds like it would DDoS the site. Even better: monitor the comments for "site is down", or just provide a link to google's cached version as a button (Even better than the 'web' link we have at the moment).
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Re:Linux Performance by justinsaccount on Friday January 27, 2017 @06:36PM (#13503762)
> That sounds like it would DDoS the site

How would one request per minute from a single server DoS the site, let alone DDoS it?

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