Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49468279

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https://patronview.com/news/99-percent-of-my-website-traffic...

And you're totally right: I mostly post on X (nee Twitter) and I probably have ADHD or just a low attention span, so I prefer to read things broken up into paragraphs. But for a smarter audience like this, and that reads long-form blog posts, I should tighten it up.

Thank you for the suggestion. LMK any other edits and I'll be happy to tighten it up.

more about it from the About page here: https://slashfriends.org/about

Your website has an /about page. Give it a /friends page too.

Why do this? Linking out is generous. It's a free gift that sends traffic, boosts SEO, and says "I like this person." The old web was built out of personal sites pointing at each other. Most sites hoard their links now; your /friends page is the opposite.

What goes on it? Whatever you want! A good way to get started: 5 real friends + 5 good follows. Some people list 3, some list 20+. Link to personal websites when you can; socials work too.

If you have a home page on your own domain, you should submit your site and I will link to you!

I've seen a lot of love for the small web, the Indie Web, etc here on HN this past week. I think everyone should have their own personal website - if nothing else so that you can feed the bots your own content, on your terms, and tell your story however you want.

I miss the days of human-curated directories and this is my attempt to create one.

Next on my to-do list includes: adding thousands more sites, like from Derek Sivers's public repo of NowNowNow pages. Re-crawling sites to verify last post date, get new screenshots, and try to geo-locate if there is an "About" section that shares that info. Better tags for discovery.

Any and all suggestions appreciated!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47432910

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Did it work on me? Also yes.

There are Amazon warehouses all across the USA and Canada that you can tour now (for free) to see some behind-the-scenes logistics of how they handle Prime package shipping.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45774368

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To my knowledge, you will not find this information anywhere else online.

It was presented by Alex Krivit (PM), David Huber (Director, Product Management), and Sachin Fernandes (Engineering Manager) at the Cloudflare Connect 2025 partner and customer summit.

Here are my detailed notes from the session for anyone who might find it helpful.

X deployed several Cloudflare products as part of their infrastructure modernization:

* CDN and content delivery as the primary focus

* Argo for dynamic performance optimization and congestion solutions (with custom tuning)

* PNI and CNI (Private Network Interconnect and Cloudflare Network Interconnect) for direct connectivity

* Extensive peering work to improve global connectivity

* Security tools though these were mentioned as being outside the scope of this particular presentation and possibly under NDA

The engagement discussed in the presentation focused heavily on both network-level products and CDN delivery optimization.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45655064

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But it doesn’t have to be hard! The unlock or LPT I’ve found is that hosting a super simple small party- becoming the “organizer of people”- is the fastest, easiest way to become interesting to others.

After hosting hundreds of these small parties myself, I figured out a formula to make them effective, interesting, and ultimately successful. It is a method that can work for almost any person in any town.

First: the good news. ANYONE can learn how to make new friends. There are lots of people out there like you who are reading this HN thread or sitting in your town thinking, “Damn. I’m getting older, I have less friends, I wish I had more friends.”

But: the bad news. The macro trends on partying are down, and reports of loneliness are way up. Do a search for "loneliness epidemic" or "friendship recession," two phrases that I track with Google News Alerts, to see constant press pieces with supporting data showing people have way less friends and social interactions today than they did 10 years ago.

Here are the pro-tips if you want to host a well-run party or event or whatever:

- 15 to 20 attendees. You need 15 people, minimum, to show up to your party. Any less than that and the room never reaches a critical mass or energy level and excitement. It feels a little flat. I've found that 15 people needs to be your minimum, which means you'll need to invite more than 15 to actually get 15 to attend. Over 20 attendees and things get hectic and stressful for a new host.

- Collect RSVPs. PLEASE collect RSVPs. Use a free tool online. GenZ loves Partiful, I suggest and use Mixily, you can even use Paperless Post. Please don't use Evite because they have a thousand ads and JavaScript pop-up crap and they'll spam your guests.

Why should you collect RSVPs? Well, the biggest success indicator of a party- for a new host, at least- is whether they can fill the room. People come to parties for the PEOPLE, not for the drinks, not for the food, not for the music... they come for the people.

Here's what I know works. It all revolves around adding the slightest bit of structure to your gathering.

- Decide you’re going to host a party and commit to it.

- Pick a date for your party three weeks from now, ideally on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday night.

- Keep the length of your party to two hours.

- Invite your friends, colleagues, and neighbors.

- Ask everyone to RSVP and confirm their attendance.

- Space out three reminder messages leading up to your party.

At the party, do these four things:

1. Use name tags with first names only. I will die on the hill of why this is important.

2. Facilitate three quick icebreakers. They won't be cringe, I promise.

3. Take a group photo, you'll use this to help invite more people to your next party.

4. End the party on time. My book has a whole chapter on this or if you search for "How to end your party" I believe one of my articles will come up.

Follow those guidelines and you’ll have a gathering better than most. People appreciate the structure.

I wrote a step-by-step guidebook that seems to be generally well-liked enough that it has helped hundreds of people learn how to host their own events to make new friends and meet their neighbors.

The name of my book is The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings and you can find it anywhere books are sold plus Audible. Happy to give any HN readers a satisfaction guarantee if you don’t think it is packed with actionable, helpful advice.