# What a visit from Reddit looks like

DevFeed: [What a visit from Reddit looks like](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-a-visit-from-reddit-looks-like-35365.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://darkcoding.net/society/what-a-visit-from-reddit-looks-like/>)

Author: Graham King

Published: 2014-11-04T04:58:30Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Graham King](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/graham-king.md>)

Topics: [Reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reddit.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nginx.md>), [WordPress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/wordpress.md>), [free software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/free-software.md>), [Linode](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linode.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [C](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c.md>)

Tags: [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [ipv4](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv4.md>), [ipv6](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv6.md>), [linode](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linode.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nginx.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [reddit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reddit.md>), [society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/society.md>), [wordpress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wordpress.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how a credit card generator handled a surge of traffic after appearing on Reddit's front page. It attributes the site's responsiveness to a stack including WordPress, Apache, nginx, MySQL, PHP, Linode hosting, and custom C software, while noting that the traffic produced few returning users.

## Source excerpt

Surviving the Reddit hug of death: A tech tale of triumph.