He posted a snap of his server logs: http://lockerz.com/s/167554725 Ouch.

gacba · on Dec 23, 2011

I think the takeaway here is that if you're going to promote something on HN, put your downloadable content on AWS or some similar CDN first. When there are nerds involved, expect heavy turnout.

Yowza.

jqueryin · on Dec 24, 2011

Also, we're cheap. Really hope this works out in his favor and nets a few more signups. I'm interested to see the quality myself, as I've managed to hold off viewing or sampling any of these to date.

jamesRaybould · on Dec 24, 2011

Seems like perfect work fodder for me - If I manage to remember in the morning I'll be looking to sign up.

mathrawka · on Dec 24, 2011

Or upload to s3 and send out torrent links to it to save bandwidth costs.

thebigshane · on Dec 24, 2011

Yeah, I think his biggest donation was one of AWS/S3 bandwidth. Much appreciated, thanks, Lim, I hope this gets you many new subscribers.