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Re: Ask HN: Downtime. What was changed?

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Post by akie »

I really think it's a disgrace that HN is down for hours just to do some (probably important) back-end work. Here we are, talking about scalability, high-availability, what have you - and the medium we're using to host those discussions is built on 90s web technology and operated as one.

I understand that Hacker News is probably run by a small crew, but I think it's a disgrace anyway. If you guys need money to make these things go away, then I'd be more than happy to pay. But to have such an important forum go offline for what is basically internal plumbing - that won't do.

EDIT: To the down-voters: please explain yourself? I know this message is harsh, but the truth is that having a site go offline for hours for internal maintenance is highly unprofessional and unbefitting to a high profile outlet such as Hacker News. Also, I'm offering and more than willing to pay (on a subscription basis or something) to make sure they have the capacity to properly deal with things like this in the future.

Re: Ask HN: Downtime. What was changed?

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Post by TheLoneWolfling »

akie wrote: post #8

I really think it's a disgrace that HN is down for hours just to do some (probably important) back-end work. Here we are, talking about scalability, high-availability, what have you - and the medium we're using to host those discussions is built on 90s web technology and operated as one. I understand that Hacker News is probably run by a small crew, but I think it's a disgrace anyway. If you guys need money to make t…

Not to mention the dreaded "Unknown or expired link" message.

Re: Ask HN: Downtime. What was changed?

#10

Post by reitanqild »

robbiep wrote: post #3

Global hacker productivity rose by 25% as a significant outlet of procrastination was temporarily placed out of reach

For some of us this disturbed the whole working day: Having to log into twitter at work to check what is happening with HN.. no good.. ; - )
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