I do the same. My blog on a 9€/mo Contabo VPS survived multiple HN/Reddit hugs. Lateley I've been playing with more configuration options like I have two serve

I do the same. My blog on a 9€/mo Contabo VPS survived multiple HN/Reddit hugs. Lateley I've been playing with more configuration options like I have two servers configured behind a load balancer but with a heavy focus on server 1. Only if the response time of server 1 is under 500ms, server two is used, which hosts an almost identical site but with ads. So under normal circumstances nobody will see ads on my blog unless I get a huge spike (more than 600 concurrent users ususall)