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Pretty interesting story about a tiny IP checking tool and how it sort of got out of hand sadly due to abuse. The solution? Major sold the site to Cloudflare for $1. But really kind of a shame overall.

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> Seeing that over 90% of my traffic load was malicious and abusive was frustrating.

That story nailed it.

> If you’re curious, Cloudflare did pay me for the site. We made a deal for them to pay me $8.03; the cost of the domain registration. The goal was never to make money from the site.

A little more than $1, but basically the same idea.

Ah yes, I remembered it as a token amount, but obviously not completely accurate lol. But I worked with the author just a bit, so I used and still use the utility, and it's a shame because he's one of the more gracious people I've come across in the industry.

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