Size matters sometimes

Sunday 8 September 2024 15:05 CDT   David Braverman
SoftwareWeatherWork

So, I finally figured out why Weather Now kept struggling: I deployed it to a too-small App Service Plan for the load it was getting. And since most of the load is coming from bots, I hope that the robots.txt file I finally deployed properly will get them to stop.

I fixed the mysterious exceptions being thrown, too. But it turned out, the problem was simply load. A bigger App Service Plan brought the effective CPU from 100% to 28% immediately. And it'll only cost another $66 per month...

I'll experiment with other ASP sizes later this week. At least the app works again!

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