Ask HN: Are github pages down?

[vivekprakash]

I am not able to access the blog http://engineering.hackerearth.com/ which is hosted via github pages. It shows the error related to varnish cache.

Error 503 Backend is unhealthy Backend is unhealthy Guru Meditation: XID: 2373250785 Varnish cache server

[reedlaw]

Yes. https://status.github.com/

[salboaie]

Ahh no, I've just submited to HN my new library https://github.com/salboaie/harvests (simpler replacement to promises and flow control libraries)

[andyhmltn]

What is the point in this thread? http://status.github.com will answer that question. HN doesn't need threads asking / telling people whether things are down

[mjswensen]

Either GitHub is making headway in mitigating the DDoS attack, or not all GH pages sites were affected. (My repos pages are working fine.)

[sp332]

Github gets DDoS'd a lot more than I'd expect. How did they even make enemies like that?