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I know this sounds mean-spirited, but it's not. I'd be interested to know how this was developed as an example of what not to do. I wonder what the architecture is (and how it could/should be improved).

Well to be honest after many attempts to try it out I started to get a bit frustrated and annoyed.

From the errors returned I'm pretty sure it's a PHP backend. Considering the expertise of the average PHP developer I don't think I need to say more (this might sound mean but it's not).

Seriously. I mean maybe not 1000 request/sec but at least 50/sec, which will get you pretty far (3k/ppl/min).

And they at the bottom say 11k matches so far... too bad I like the premise!

I think the number you saw was the number of tests taken so far; there are 0 matches, currently.

Err, that's actually what I meant ;)

Same here, got ERR_CONNECTION_RESET when trying to click next.

Likewise. Oh well, soulmates are overrated anyways.

Restarted the router 3 times thinking it was a problem on my end. sigh