[paxys]

An HN front page “DDoS” is like 20K hits. This isn't some complex scaling challenge. Any website on the internet should be able to handle it, especially a purely informational one.

[o11c]

As a reference, 10K simultaneous hits was an achievable challenge back in ...

1999.

[quickthrower2]

Now you just front it with a CDN. Easy.

[px43]

This also blew up on every social media and news site as well, not just here.