Re:Ask HN: How much does it cost to run Hacker News?
by kcartlidge on Thursday December 29, 2022 @08:32AM
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> If overnight, HN became the new Facebook, the single server model wouldn't work, and the business opportunity would be lost.
I know you're probably being /s but just in case ... all they'd need to do as a stop-gap hack whilst they worked it through is spin up another couple of servers and stick a load-balancer in front. If it does have a filesystem back-end then move that into cloud or network storage. Not ideal, but it would probably survive long enough for a more thought-through solution to arrive.
I know you're probably being /s but just in case ... all they'd need to do as a stop-gap hack whilst they worked it through is spin up another couple of servers and stick a load-balancer in front. If it does have a filesystem back-end then move that into cloud or network storage. Not ideal, but it would probably survive long enough for a more thought-through solution to arrive.