This must be a major funnel for them. The fact they can't even run a robust text-only website ought to be an embarrassment, but here we are. Every time there's a major tech story the site grinds to a halt until one guy jumps onto a server and ninjas it or whatever. Unprofessional to say the least.

It's actually pretty impressive that they are running this from one server in their own programming language

Sure. Maybe they do the same as VCs. Use limited crappy resources in their own non-standard way to cripple growth.

What kind of reaction is that?