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> Your website goes down because it lands on HN... but still, there is a non-trivial cost when there are no visitors. A bit of optimization goes a long way, bu

> Your website goes down because it lands on HN... but still, there is a non-trivial cost when there are no visitors. A bit of optimization goes a long way, but yes there are limits. Now the question is this risk worth mitigating? I think for small sites that rarely end up on HN, not more so than avoiding reliance on GH for example.

stared 5y ago
If you want to optimize your site for no visitors, you don't need to self-host it anyway.
- ekianjo 5y ago
  Self hosting is not just for ONE service. You can run an array of local services as well on the same machine.