WTH do the forums run on a potato?

[petro]

Forums are getting a new potato!

TL;DR - Forums will be read-only for an upgrade later, December 17 12am Pacific/9am CET, opening back up at 3am Pacific/12pm CET. We’ve grown a lot here on the forums, and Month of WTH this year highlighted some glaring issues with how many requests these forums can handle. It was so bad earlier this month that one of our mods made a WTH post asking why the heck do the forums run on a potato. Excellent question, one we have no answer for! So, instead, we’re just going to add a new potato. Throw…