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And... its down already. It can only handle about 10 requests at a time, so take turns guys :) Here is the same article but with hopefully better uptime: https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/


Easy, just set up your other hoarded ones to make a mesh and do some distributed sharding in the vape cloud!


Is this The Cloud that I heard so much about?


It's your fault for not putting CDN in front of it

Really neat achievement, it'd stand out on your CV, make sure to always add it there, it'll spark a fun chat on interviews.


> It's your fault for not putting CDN in front of it

That's no fun. The right answer is to distribute load across a cluster of 100 repurposed disposable vapes.


Alternatively, have a 503 "Smoke break" page.


OMG, I love the idea


Sounds like you need some more spent vapes ;)


Wait, are we back to imagining beowulf clusters [0] of things!?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf_cluster


The Internet server version of that old photo of a guy with an entire carton in his mouth.


Thanks for mirroring, and well done! I really enjoyed the topic and tone of your writing.




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