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may i ask where are the machines hosted? is that on AWS? if not, why don't you move to a more reliable hosting, like AWS?
from the downvotes i gather i may not ask...
I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but I'd love to hear the latest thinking... Why in 2013 is HN still running on bespoke hardware and software? If a startup came to you with this sort of legacy thinking you'd laugh them out of the room.
I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but I'd love to hear the latest thinking... Why in 2013 is HN still running on bespoke hardware and software? If a startup came to you with this sort of legacy thinking you'd laugh them out of the room.
Also, I suspect that if a startup came to them with a loyal following like HN enjoys, they wouldn't be laughed out of the room at all...
I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but I'd love to hear the latest thinking... Why in 2013 is HN still running on bespoke hardware and software? If a startup came to you with this sort of legacy thinking you'd laugh them out of the room.
HN isn't a mission-critical business. It's a fun, experimental distraction (albeit one that we all rate very highly, of course).
It seems to incur maintenance costs and reputation hits that are avoidable though, isn't that reason enough to invest some time in building a reliable solution?
I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but I'd love to hear the latest thinking... Why in 2013 is HN still running on bespoke hardware and software? If a startup came to you with this sort of legacy thinking you'd laugh them out of the room.
That's the kind of facile statement that makes people riotously mock the entire startup community, like "MongoDB is webscale" but even less valid.
Cloud services are not a panacea, and there are myriad situations in which running one's own infrastructure can be a good idea. What matters is that the issues and benefits are taken into account; if one can show research demonstrating that a custom infrastructure is cheaper, or more reliable, or less prone to legal issues, for example, then there's nothing to laugh at.
And remember that PaaS in particular can cost a buttload of money - I'm certain it's contributed to the downfall of more than one otherwise promising startup.
I'm sure it has been asked many times before, but I'd love to hear the latest thinking... Why in 2013 is HN still running on bespoke hardware and software? If a startup came to you with this sort of legacy thinking you'd laugh them out of the room.
Besides, HN also uses cloudflare as CDN and DDOS protection, so it's not like they're stuck in 1999.
may i ask where are the machines hosted? is that on AWS? if not, why don't you move to a more reliable hosting, like AWS?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
from the downvotes i gather i may not ask...
Probably due to the fact that you levelled an unqualified, unsubtantiated claim that AWS is better than any alternative
> "a more reliable hosting, like AWS"