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Well yeah, anything is easy if your server isn't doing the work.

“This website is run on an ESP32 chip that only cost $3 as for my proxy, I’m using distributed cluster of rack servers and relays”

Likely possible to handle HN load just fine... if the page was static.

edit: page loaded. It's apparently Microdot, a micro web framework running on micropython.

That explains why it instantly fell over

it's currently dead

My website runs on baling twine and duct tape (...and CloudFlare).