[pg]

Yes, that's the problem. We just switched over to serving the static stuff off this server while we investigate. The extra load may make things here a bit slower but the site seems usable.

[mrshoe]

Is the change to 25 front page stories a temporary one, to help performance?

[pg]

Yes. I tweaked several variables to decrease load.

[evanrmurphy]

Does HN run on srv.arc and app.arc?

[pg]

Yes. The code I released is identical to the files on the server. Or at least to a snapshot of them in the past.

[snissn]

did i win? http://twitter.com/mseiler1/status/12598697037 or was i too slow :)