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Looks like we killed the poor guy's website. I mirrored the text here: https://gist.github.com/910648 https://gist.github.com/910648

• vog 16y ago
  Why do so many blogs fail to perform the most basic thing on the web? Why do they fail to deliver dead-simple, small, static content?
  • shantanubala 16y ago
    Because most people don't expect a ton of traffic, and generating every page dynamically works until they're surprised to have hundreds of visitors in a short period of time.
    • vog 16y ago
      So programmers of Blog software think that lots of page visits are some kind of accident? I hope not! Also, handling lots of requests for small, static content is note exactly a tough problem. (Although it requires a minimum of care.) To any author who cares about what he writes (publishes), being read by many people is a great chance. However, crappy blog software deliberately destroys all those nice opportunities in advance.
      • shantanubala 16y ago
        Exactly my point. People don't realize the flaws in the blog software they use until they encounter a bunch of traffic.
  • justincormack 16y ago
    Wordpress. The database backed era this post talks about didnt really use web architecture well, or good software architecture to perform. Aimed at ease of use instead. Mind you I am not convinced that event driven js is going to deliver high performance blogs either. Must move my blog off Wordpress before getting featured here...