One of the most crucial documents in modern political history— special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the 2016 presidential election — was published by the Department of Justice last Thursday morning.

As reporters and editors in newsrooms around world frenzied over the lengthy document, analyzing and hot taking in near-real time, things got equally hectic for Philly-based nonprofit DocumentCloud, the makers of an open-source digital tool that helps journos upload and process documents.

Ahead of the document’s imminent release, it preemptively scaled up its servers five-fold, expecting an uptick in usage, but it was barely enough.

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