Show HN: DDoS detection in 500 lines of Python (MIT, no cloud, no account)

4 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by jacob_masse

5 Comments

cesarmanzocode

8 hours ago

Interesting that HN flagged this automatically. I wonder if the combination of “DDoS”, GitHub link, and “no cloud/no account” looked spammy to the heuristics.

The “500 lines of Python” angle is actually the most interesting part to me.

jacob_masse

9 hours ago

Hey guys, I'm seeing people letting me know that this post has been flagged by the HN bot. Pls reach out directly if you have any questions or are having trouble seeing the entirety of this post :)

harel

9 hours ago

Why was this flagged?

Bender

9 hours ago

It does not appear flagged to me. Perhaps someone recently clicked vouch? Their comment is flagged though. Just guessing but maybe HN's bot saw their github is selling a service. HN has been getting flooded with AI generated services being sold on github. The only way to know for sure is to email dang.

hn@ycombinator.com