# Radiant gets some /. treatment

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-gets-some-treatment/75295>\
**Category:** Radiant CMS\
**Created:** [November 8, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-gets-some-treatment/75295 "2006-11-08T22:36:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@bluetrust](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bluetrust)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/radiant-gets-some-treatment/75295/1 "2006-11-08T22:36:37Z")

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Hello-

I just noticed that the ruby-lang site (powered by Radiant) got on /.  
which we all know creates _lots of requests_. See:

> **[Slashdot effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect)**
>
> The Slashdot effect, also known as slashdotting, occurs when a popular website links to a smaller website, causing a massive increase in traffic. This overloads the smaller site, causing it to slow down or even temporarily become unavailable. This has the same effect as a denial-of-service attack, albeit accidentally. The name stems from the huge influx of web traffic which would result from the technology news site Slashdot linking to websites. The original circumstances have changed, as flash c...

I checked in on the ruby-lang site and it seems to be serving pages up  
quite nicely. Seeing how well it is handling the increased traffice  
makes me feel that much better about Radiant.

Cheers-  
MJ

The post:

> **[The Ruby Way - Slashdot](https://books.slashdot.org/story/06/11/08/1539259/the-ruby-way)**
>
> Tim Hunter writes "Hal Fulton's The Ruby Way, Second Edition doesn't try to be the only book a Ruby programmer needs. It tries to be a book every serious Ruby programmer needs, and it succeeds. The Ruby Way is a book about programming with Ruby, the...