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Re:Ask HN: Review a simple URL un-shortening service. by nuclear_eclipse on Friday April 24, 2009 @11:46AM (#577652)
> ...Java...

Well there's your problem! :P

Re:Ask HN: Review a simple URL un-shortening service. by axod on Friday April 24, 2009 @11:54AM (#577667)
sigh

Yeah. Handling 1000+ http requests a second on a single 1.4GB VPS is lame isn't it.

Java rocks. But it's not for beginners.