I don't do IT stuff, but the SW I deal with can appear very robust, and then the littlest hiccup/noise/change causes a failure. Throw in hundreds of users hitting the servers all at once, and who knows what is going to break. Also, when a site is done for a while, I suspect there's a traffic spike when it comes back up. Normally, people come and go, stop and read, post, etc. Imagine all those people with pent up emotions and news all wanting to post at the same time.
Anyway, my $0.02, for what it's worth.
I'm not really busting his chops. Simply trying to use the experience as a learning opportunity, if not for voat, but for myself: if I happen to find myself in such a predicament, in the future. Sometimes, people need to stop patting themselves on the back and ask: "but how can we do this better, next time?" Especially if the outcome of our efforts is average, at best. I'm just spit-balling the things that most people don't want to hear because their egos would get hurt. Don't have time to walk on egg-shells, ya know.
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