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Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

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Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#81
post #37

Edinburgh Airport is also down, suspending all flights after an "IT issue with our air traffic control provider". Not sure if this is coincidental, but the timing is rather suspicious!

Maybe the little plane icons on the ATC screens are a PNG hosted on some Cloudflare domain.

Not a safety-critical system but I know passenger information screens in at least some airports are just full-screen browsers displaying a SaaS-hosted webpage.

Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#83
post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’re a global company that offshores with location based pay and utilizes H1Bs. I think that’s the first thing to look at. You get what you pay for. Stop trying to devalue labor. Not much sympathy when you’re obviously cutting corners.

Just because someone is on an H1B visa doesn't mean they know less. It's a bit rich to blame this on foreign workers even though nothing is known about who or what caused this outage.

The problem with H1B is that these people are effectively prisoners. The market is not so hot right now even for those who have leverage, but combine it with the visa system and you get this "gotta do the needful" attitude to please the bosses, rushing broken fixes to production.

Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#85
post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’re a global company that offshores with location based pay and utilizes H1Bs. I think that’s the first thing to look at. You get what you pay for. Stop trying to devalue labor. Not much sympathy when you’re obviously cutting corners.

Just because someone is on an H1B visa doesn't mean they know less. It's a bit rich to blame this on foreign workers even though nothing is known about who or what caused this outage.

Knowledge + tech skills are not the only factor that lead to subpar outcomes with these scenarios. In my experience the thing that causes the most problems with H1Bs is the weak English and related communication issues.

Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#87

I assume this is why Claude stopped working

Not sure if this is related, but has anyone seen their allowance used up unexpectedly fast? Had Claude Code Web showing service disruption warnings, and all of a sudden I'm at 92% usage. I'm on the pro plan, only using Sonnet and Haiku. I almost never hit the 5-hour limit, let alone in less than 2 hours.

Did you accidentally hit tab to turn on “always thinking”? It burns tokens much faster.

Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#89
post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's downdetectors all the way down

Is that the same as "All downdetectors are down"?

People confused by this reference can read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down

Re: Cloudflare Down Again – and DownDetector Is Also Down

#90
post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not build the next cloudflare then, I'm sure it is appreciated by HN folks.

Or maybe we just move away from cloudflare-like services altogether.

And just live with high latency?
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