Please see the comments on this thread. It was directly internet facing when I posted it initially. Hacker News managed to bring it down. I had to add a cached reverse proxy. If you have any ideas about how to more authentically keep the site online, please let me know.
Fair enough, I'll admit I was a bit triggered by the title. I'll delete my original comment. There is a realistic bound to the amount of requests you can serve per seconds per hardware... I'm not doubting you've done things to increase that.
