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My posts* got to the first spot on hackernews couple of times. Never once it broke down like that. And why would it, it's just a bunch of html and css files ser
by yanis_t 5mo ago
My posts* got to the first spot on hackernews couple of times. Never once it broke down like that. And why would it, it's just a bunch of html and css files served through (free) vercel (don't think it matters). I wonder what do people run their blogs these days, so they fail under the pressure so easily.
* https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=yanist.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=yanist.com
- timpera 5mo agoIt's WordPress, which is a great CMS but can quickly crumble under load when using cheap hosting.
- yanis_t 5mo agoSo I assume it's because it's not statically build, but requires a DB connection all the time?
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- VladVladikoff 5mo agoCheap shared hosting will throttle sites which get too much traffic.