Overwhelming traffic from our "Unplug America" launch actually crashed the site.
Jocelyn and I have been frantically recreating the content all night (in static form, not database) to ease the server load, and the site is back up.
Clearly, there is a MASSIVE interest in leaving American technology.
✅ Check it out yourself at https://unplug.todmaffin.com
Tod Maffin 🇨🇦
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