← Back to context Comment by meeb 3 months ago Because HN doesn't use Cloudflare. 13 comments meeb Reply chistev 3 months ago Also doesn't use AWS or Azure because it didn't go down with them either. Bender 3 months ago HN sometimes rarely is pointed to AWS when under attack. us0r 3 months ago I thought the same until I started looking:Name Server: NS-225.AWSDNS-28.COM Name Server: NS-1411.AWSDNS-48.ORG Name Server: NS-1914.AWSDNS-47.CO.UK Name Server: NS-556.AWSDNS-05.NETAt least for DNS. Data center appears to be Lightedge. ardfard 3 months ago Does HN self-host too? ArcHound 3 months ago I'd love to read an article describing the HN setup. Seems that they got a lot of things right - self registration, influx of people during outages and plenty others. Admins, if you see this, please write about your craft! Akronymus 3 months ago I am pretty sure @dang wrote about it on here before, but I can't seem to find it. 3 replies → dang 3 months ago Yes, except when we've shot ourselves in both feet:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750608 sph 3 months ago How? It's literally impossible to run a major website these days without Cloudflare./sThis is what you get for being lazy and choosing to making the internet more centralized. Iulioh 3 months ago Well, to be fair, while recognizing how influential it is, HN is not a major website lol chistev 3 months ago What counts as major? I estimate they get millions of hits here
chistev 3 months ago Also doesn't use AWS or Azure because it didn't go down with them either. Bender 3 months ago HN sometimes rarely is pointed to AWS when under attack. us0r 3 months ago I thought the same until I started looking:Name Server: NS-225.AWSDNS-28.COM Name Server: NS-1411.AWSDNS-48.ORG Name Server: NS-1914.AWSDNS-47.CO.UK Name Server: NS-556.AWSDNS-05.NETAt least for DNS. Data center appears to be Lightedge.
us0r 3 months ago I thought the same until I started looking:Name Server: NS-225.AWSDNS-28.COM Name Server: NS-1411.AWSDNS-48.ORG Name Server: NS-1914.AWSDNS-47.CO.UK Name Server: NS-556.AWSDNS-05.NETAt least for DNS. Data center appears to be Lightedge.
ardfard 3 months ago Does HN self-host too? ArcHound 3 months ago I'd love to read an article describing the HN setup. Seems that they got a lot of things right - self registration, influx of people during outages and plenty others. Admins, if you see this, please write about your craft! Akronymus 3 months ago I am pretty sure @dang wrote about it on here before, but I can't seem to find it. 3 replies → dang 3 months ago Yes, except when we've shot ourselves in both feet:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750608
ArcHound 3 months ago I'd love to read an article describing the HN setup. Seems that they got a lot of things right - self registration, influx of people during outages and plenty others. Admins, if you see this, please write about your craft! Akronymus 3 months ago I am pretty sure @dang wrote about it on here before, but I can't seem to find it. 3 replies →
Akronymus 3 months ago I am pretty sure @dang wrote about it on here before, but I can't seem to find it. 3 replies →
dang 3 months ago Yes, except when we've shot ourselves in both feet:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750608
sph 3 months ago How? It's literally impossible to run a major website these days without Cloudflare./sThis is what you get for being lazy and choosing to making the internet more centralized. Iulioh 3 months ago Well, to be fair, while recognizing how influential it is, HN is not a major website lol chistev 3 months ago What counts as major? I estimate they get millions of hits here
Iulioh 3 months ago Well, to be fair, while recognizing how influential it is, HN is not a major website lol chistev 3 months ago What counts as major? I estimate they get millions of hits here
Also doesn't use AWS or Azure because it didn't go down with them either.
HN sometimes rarely is pointed to AWS when under attack.
I thought the same until I started looking:
Name Server: NS-225.AWSDNS-28.COM Name Server: NS-1411.AWSDNS-48.ORG Name Server: NS-1914.AWSDNS-47.CO.UK Name Server: NS-556.AWSDNS-05.NET
At least for DNS. Data center appears to be Lightedge.
Does HN self-host too?
I'd love to read an article describing the HN setup. Seems that they got a lot of things right - self registration, influx of people during outages and plenty others. Admins, if you see this, please write about your craft!
I am pretty sure @dang wrote about it on here before, but I can't seem to find it.
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Yes, except when we've shot ourselves in both feet:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45750608
How? It's literally impossible to run a major website these days without Cloudflare.
/s
This is what you get for being lazy and choosing to making the internet more centralized.
Well, to be fair, while recognizing how influential it is, HN is not a major website lol
What counts as major? I estimate they get millions of hits here