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by pc86 1427 days ago
If you're on a $2/mo shared host I'm sure 50 visits in a short enough period is enough to toast the server for a bit.

Front-page HN articles can result in tens of thousands of unique visits[0] and several hundred simultaneous users. It's not hard to see how 200-300 can throttle an otherwise unoptimized site.

[0] https://medium.com/@ketacode/the-impact-of-appearing-on-hns-...