But even it was really down it wont be their first time with capacity problem. Unlike ServeTheHome where they host and even assemble their own Server, I think Anandtech's team are now simply a content writer with Future Publishing handling everything on the hosting and software side along with Ads.
But yes I think there is something very wrong with current trend of Web Development.
We're not an independent site anymore, so we have little control over how the site works and integrates into Future's back end (to be fair, compared to TH, we're not that integrated several years later because of a custom CMS and hosting setup, but it means Future won't put any $$$ into it until we transfer over).
Simply put, with the big publishers, writers are writers, publishers deal with the publishing.
We had it really good when he was in charge. In depth technical dives from a curious position. https://imgur.com/a/MFAypUc
I believe Phronix is still good. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=home
ArsTechnica has waned and waxed over time. But they have always been solid-enough for me. They have always been up to defend the individual in technology policy and how trends in law enforcement deceptively catches up. They can get squirrelly with the climate view once in a while. BUT even if you disagree with them -- you can bet if you sincerely read their content they stance is well grounded.
As a stable and long term aggregator for open source and similar news and articles I have been very happy with lxer. http://lxer.com/