Ask HN: Has HN had an upgrade?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34980593

by xupybd • 3 years ago

26 35 3 years ago

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I've noticed a couple of stories with a huge number of comments and the site is running fine. In the past I've had to logout when the comment count gets too high. What has changed?

comfypotato2• 3 years ago

On the contrary, I’ve had more problems with the site in the last week than ever before.

Maybe it was the threads you were talking about. Maybe it was said upgrade process.

It was probably coincidence. Personally I doubt anything has changed.

What are you considering a lot of comments? The largest I’ve seen since I’ve been here was the Roe v. Wade overturn post, and it was around 1000. The site’s acting no different for me now than it did then.

roxgib• 3 years ago

I've noticed the same. Never seen it get overloaded before, but it's happened several times over the past week.

luckylion• 3 years ago

I thought that's a soft-lockout that's supposed to tell you to stop trying to comment on a topic. If you're persistent and really want to, you can after a minute or two, but if it's not that important, you go "meh, I guess not" and go on your merry way.

nik736• 3 years ago

Logout because of too many comments? What browser and OS are you using?

bluehatbrit• 3 years ago

In the past it's sometimes been requested by dang on particularly popular threads so they can serve the page from cache. Here's one example [0], it's from 2016 but is just an illustration. I'm not sure I've seen it suggested for some time though.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12909752#12911870

eps• 3 years ago

HN backend sometimes is laggy preparing user-specific view of threads.

qingdao992• 3 years ago

User-specific? Why isn't the page excluding the header part cached separately, or am I missing something?

petodo4• 3 years ago

In the past I've had to logout when the comment count gets too high.

Never experienced this in years.

Everything seems same as always. Still unreadable flagged/downvoted comments, still too small font, stil Downvote button, still Flag button without requiring public reason.

booleandilemma• 3 years ago

Your account is 78 days old.

petodo4• 3 years ago

People switch accounts you know, I had to switch account after people set up downvote bots on my account when I had downvoted comments within minute from posting.

lampshades2• 3 years ago

I’ve had multiple accounts going back to at least 2013. People make new accounts all the time.

Maken• 3 years ago

You need high karma to have access to the down-vote button.

petodo4• 3 years ago

I know you need karma above 500 for downvote button (I have it), I am complaining about existence of this button, it should be removed for everyone, it doesn't really help anything besides silenting opposing views/opinions going against HN hivemind.

petercooper• 3 years ago

Following on from the main question, it would be neat to know what the current state of play with HN's architecture and hardware is as of 2023. We've heard lots of bits and pieces from over the years but, well, curiosity always has the better of me.

tiffanyh• 3 years ago

dang probably moved HN off AWS back to M5 hosting.

voisin• 3 years ago

Off topic, but I’d love for HN to have larger buttons on mobile. Particularly the up/down vote buttons. I have to zoom in to press which makes it the only site I regularly interact with that requires this.

cyberge99• 3 years ago

I literally just did exactly this to your comment. Bigger button or touch area for mobile would be fantastic.

pupppet• 3 years ago

Yes! And the button hit-area is a little strange, even zoomed in. Half the time I'm not even sure I hit the right arrow.

readthenotes1• 3 years ago

I'm a contrarian by Nature so I will play devil's advocate and point out that having a little obstacle to your vote is a step in the direction of making sure you really mean it.

I say that after zooming in to give you an upvote of course

FractalHQ• 3 years ago

Oh wow I thought everyone used third party client apps on mobile..! My experience with Octal on iOS has been really nice. The lack of a dark reader extension on iOS makes the regular site even harder to stomach but perhaps I should give it another chance.

abdulstevenson• 3 years ago

I've noticed buggy behaviour too, my comments are being flagged

DeathArrow• 3 years ago

Maybe they upgraded from Samsung Galaxy A52 to A53. :D

Joking aside, even if the site has a massive number of users, it seems pretty efficient to me and I don't think it needs a ton of resources.

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