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Things should be back to normal now. Trevor just moved www.ycombinator.com to Slicehost, and I just told HN to refer to static stuff there instead of serving i

by pg 17y ago

Things should be back to normal now. Trevor just moved www.ycombinator.com to Slicehost, and I just told HN to refer to static stuff there instead of serving it locally. Interesting how easy it is to move your whole web site. Good customer service is important when users can switch so easily.

othello 17y ago
Thank you ! Procrastination becomes much harder when HN does not provide a continuous flow of interesting distraction.
- nfnaaron 17y ago
  Hacker News: We get shit done, so you don't have to.
axod 17y ago
>> "Things should be back to normal now." Hopefully that's the normal of months ago when loading comments/threads etc was quick? Still taking 10-20 seconds to load most pages. One thing I haven't tried yet is just creating a fresh account - maybe mine just has too much associated with it (Maybe I comment too much etc). edit: ah I see it only affected static content. Shame :/
- Locke1689 17y ago
  I've had some speed issues too. My account isn't tiny, but it is a 12th of your upvote count.
carbocation 17y ago
Any particular reason for Slicehost as opposed to any of the other similar options (Linode, prgmr)? I'm not affiliated with any, though I run my site on VPSes from Linode. I was convinced by a Dec 2009 post by an HNer, uggedal: http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison
- jyothi 17y ago
  Me too. That post was detailed & fair. On slicehost I had a 256MB slice which I upgraded to 512MB slice to host 2 small websites. After the post got a 360MB linode VPS instead and am very happy with it. Edit: Slicehost help articles & resources, well organised & exhaustive is a plus though.
  - davidw 17y ago
    I came to similar conclusions myself: http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode
  - JshWright 17y ago
    Re: Slicehost's help articles... Have you seen the Linode Library http://library.linode.com/ http://library.linode.com/ ?
projectileboy 17y ago
Heh heh... Totally clueless companies are so cute sometimes; like watching a toddler try to eat chocolate cake.

by pg 17y ago

othello 17y ago

Thank you ! Procrastination becomes much harder when HN does not provide a continuous flow of interesting distraction.

nfnaaron 17y ago
Hacker News: We get shit done, so you don't have to.

axod 17y ago

>> "Things should be back to normal now." Hopefully that's the normal of months ago when loading comments/threads etc was quick? Still taking 10-20 seconds to load most pages. One thing I haven't tried yet is just creating a fresh account - maybe mine just has too much associated with it (Maybe I comment too much etc). edit: ah I see it only affected static content. Shame :/

Locke1689 17y ago
I've had some speed issues too. My account isn't tiny, but it is a 12th of your upvote count.

carbocation 17y ago

Any particular reason for Slicehost as opposed to any of the other similar options (Linode, prgmr)? I'm not affiliated with any, though I run my site on VPSes from Linode. I was convinced by a Dec 2009 post by an HNer, uggedal: http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison http://journal.uggedal.com/vps-performance-comparison

jyothi 17y ago
Me too. That post was detailed & fair. On slicehost I had a 256MB slice which I upgraded to 512MB slice to host 2 small websites. After the post got a 360MB linode VPS instead and am very happy with it. Edit: Slicehost help articles & resources, well organised & exhaustive is a plus though.
- davidw 17y ago
  I came to similar conclusions myself: http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode http://journal.dedasys.com/2008/11/24/slicehost-vs-linode
- JshWright 17y ago
  Re: Slicehost's help articles... Have you seen the Linode Library http://library.linode.com/ http://library.linode.com/ ?

projectileboy 17y ago

Heh heh... Totally clueless companies are so cute sometimes; like watching a toddler try to eat chocolate cake.