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Just an aside/question; the title was edited to "Drupal Benchmarks" which loses the contextual information. While, yes, the page title corresponds, this is part

Just an aside/question; the title was edited to "Drupal Benchmarks" which loses the contextual information. While, yes, the page title corresponds, this is part of a wiki, and the editorialized title adds contextual data that shows why this post is not (barely at all) about "Drupal benchmarks". Is there an official policy on titles / ninja edits by HN moderators? If so, next time I'll edit the Wiki page instead of leaving it in a hierarchical format, if that's required.

brudgers 11y ago
Higher up the thread there are comments regarding the use of "i7" in reference to a particular model of MacBook Air. I suspect that the change in title derails that sort of nitpicking...by which I mean that anyone who reads the page learns that it is that computer and can form their own judgments. Anyway, the mysterious ways of Hacker News are mysterious by definition, and since the story is on the front page as I write this, I think it's safe to conclude that the format is fine and the HN elves changed the title for their own purposes...i.e. it ain't broke, don't fix it.
- geerlingguy 11y ago
  K, thanks for the explanation. The laptop does have an i7, btw... But pedantic comments get more upvotes in this community :) The main thing I wanted to compare, regardless, was DigitalOcean vs a common local development environment vs the Pi 2. It seems the thread turned into a storm of Drupal vitriol, so maybe for my next post I'll focus more on other benchmarks, and toss up one of my Flask apps, or an Express app instead.
  - brudgers 11y ago
    I think that it's often hit or miss with HN stories about more mainstream technology. I was sort of surprised about how well the Pi2 did versus more substantial hardware and the cloud...anyway, benchmarks have historically tended to evoke strong opinions. About the only one's I can think of that achieve widespread acceptance are Backblazes hard drive reviews and places like Anand's hardware reviews. It's probably because they're backed by significant data. Hopefully, your next review will also get widely read.
    - ajsalminen 11y ago
      I'd say anything to do with PHP, Drupal or WordPress almost always gets pretty much the same treatment over here.

brudgers 11y ago

Higher up the thread there are comments regarding the use of "i7" in reference to a particular model of MacBook Air. I suspect that the change in title derails that sort of nitpicking...by which I mean that anyone who reads the page learns that it is that computer and can form their own judgments. Anyway, the mysterious ways of Hacker News are mysterious by definition, and since the story is on the front page as I write this, I think it's safe to conclude that the format is fine and the HN elves changed the title for their own purposes...i.e. it ain't broke, don't fix it.

geerlingguy 11y ago
K, thanks for the explanation. The laptop does have an i7, btw... But pedantic comments get more upvotes in this community :) The main thing I wanted to compare, regardless, was DigitalOcean vs a common local development environment vs the Pi 2. It seems the thread turned into a storm of Drupal vitriol, so maybe for my next post I'll focus more on other benchmarks, and toss up one of my Flask apps, or an Express app instead.
- brudgers 11y ago
  I think that it's often hit or miss with HN stories about more mainstream technology. I was sort of surprised about how well the Pi2 did versus more substantial hardware and the cloud...anyway, benchmarks have historically tended to evoke strong opinions. About the only one's I can think of that achieve widespread acceptance are Backblazes hard drive reviews and places like Anand's hardware reviews. It's probably because they're backed by significant data. Hopefully, your next review will also get widely read.
  - ajsalminen 11y ago
    I'd say anything to do with PHP, Drupal or WordPress almost always gets pretty much the same treatment over here.