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title: "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI BOT traffic"
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published_at: "2026-10-13T15:25:50.000Z"
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source_urls: ["https://www.sammystraus.com/","https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073221"]
summary: "After posting the customizable feed reader sprinklz.io to HN, the creator experienced severe website slowness caused by high traffic. Data analysis revealed that a majority of the requests did not attempt to fetch news articles or run the necessary JavaScript to render the page."
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# I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI BOT traffic

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**Published:** 2026-10-13T15:25:50.000Z
**Category:** Infra
**Topics:** agent

## Summary

After posting the customizable feed reader sprinklz\.io to HN, the creator experienced severe website slowness caused by high traffic\. Data analysis revealed that a majority of the requests did not attempt to fetch news articles or run the necessary JavaScript to render the page\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.sammystraus.com/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073221>)