[sliverstorm]

the site was literally unusable for several days.

Why are we still surprised when a website gets crippled by a big launch? This happens again and again and again, and people are surprised every time!

[betterunix]

My thoughts exactly. This website was supposed to go from "testing" to "ready for millions of users who will present loads of unexpected corner cases" in just one day? That is not remotely trivial.