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    1 day ago

    Cache size is limited and can usually only hold a limited number of most recently viewed pages. But these bots go through every single page on the website, even old ones that are never viewed by users. As they only send one request per page, caching doesnt really help.

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      22 hours ago

      Cache size is definitely not an issue, especially for these companies using cloudflare

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        20 hours ago

        It is an issue for the open source projects discussed in the article.