Cloudflare HN discussion

[Richard Watson]

Seems to be varying opinions on Cloudflare here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3855715 

A range of experiences, a few issues [1] and a couple tips. Hopefully since it's raising cash it'll continue to improve. I mention it because of its use as an SSL proxy for GAE, as per Jeff's posts.

[1] False "site is down" positives, CAPTCHA's on non-US dynamic IP's or for some traffic spikes, 

[Jeff Schnitzer]

HN is populated with equal numbers of smarties and idiots. That's
actually pretty good - most forums are 99% idiots (Youtube comments
are already mocked by xkcd, but don't get me started on the topix
forums for eastern kentucky - WOW). But when people say "We are
talking a service that could be duplicated with open source software
and about $100K to $250K investment" I really have to shake my head in
amusement. It's about as crazy as the local Freemason conspiracy
theorists.

It sounds like the biggest issue is getting tripped up by the security
system. Just turn it off (reminds me, I should do that myself). That
said, there may be other issues... but this particular HN discussion
doesn't (as of yet) provide any illumination.

Jeff

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[Richard Watson]

Agreed.  I was going to prefix with "ignore the valuation comments".

On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:47:02 AM UTC+2, Jeff Schnitzer wrote:

HN is populated with equal numbers of smarties and idiots.  That's
actually pretty good - most forums are 99% idiots (Youtube comments
are already mocked by xkcd, but don't get me started on the topix
forums for eastern kentucky - WOW).  But when people say "We are
talking a service that could be duplicated with open source software
and about $100K to $250K investment" I really have to shake my head in
amusement.  It's about as crazy as the local Freemason conspiracy
theorists.

It sounds like the biggest issue is getting tripped up by the security
system.  Just turn it off (reminds me, I should do that myself). That
said, there may be other issues... but this particular HN discussion
doesn't (as of yet) provide any illumination.

Jeff