I _also_ posted to HN and made it to #1[0]; the effect this had on my CPU/network traffic on a 5/EUR month VPS over at Hetzner was in the single digit percentages.

As per the wiki page for the C10k problem[1] where it says "_was_ [emphasis mine] the problem of optimizing computer networking stacks to handle a large number of clients at the same time". This was solved over a decade ago...

Now get off my lawn!

(TBF I think the author acknowledges this)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43725815

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C10k_problem

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dboreham 5 hours ago | parent [-]

The c10k problem is a different problem. It relates to simultaneous open TCP connections at a server. It would take a very very large number of crawler bots to force open 10k connections, I suspect.

	▲	vanschelven an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I know it's a different problem but presumably there's at least some relationship/order of magnitude being expressed here...oh well
	▲	esseph 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> It would take a very very large number of crawler bots to force open 10k connections, I suspect. You can do that with any system made in the past 15, maybe 20 years. From the wikipedia page: "As of 2025, the problem has long since been solved, with the number of possible connections to a single computer being in the millions."