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I highly recommend Jekyll and other static generated blog engines as they can handle high traffic and don't suffer from security problems. Hit me with an email

by jorde 14y ago

I highly recommend Jekyll and other static generated blog engines as they can handle high traffic and don't suffer from security problems. Hit me with an email if you need any advice, happy to help out.

dmor 14y ago
Thank you. I'll drop you a note, I think it is time. I've been on the same Dreamhost box for 8 years!
- paulitex 14y ago
  Another great solution that doesn't involved changing anything in how you run your blog (or even moving off of Dreamhost), is a front-end cache like http://www.fastly.com/ http://www.fastly.com/. It's really affordable for personal sites, and for static sites like yours you'll be getting 98%+ cache hits – almost no traffic will ever hit your Dreamhost box, it will all come from their highly optimized Varnish caches around the world. Learndot's blog is hosted on a ec2 small instance fronted by fastly, our launch article was on HN/Techcrunch/etc... simultenously and we never went over 10% cpu. tl;dr: Use fastly.
  - chacham15 14y ago
    $50 a month is expensive for a personal blog...
  - graue 14y ago
    Wouldn't CloudFlare's free plan be just as good here? Edit: Looks like Danielle thinks so... she signed up with them a few hours ago. https://twitter.com/DanielleMorrill/status/289182292419674112 https://twitter.com/DanielleMorrill/status/28918229241967411...
    - dmor 14y ago
      Yes, actually I have been a CloudFlare user for awhile but had paused it on my blog while dealing with a vulnerability. By the time traffic spiked and I turned it back on there was no way to reach the site to cache a copy. I also use the paid version for the Referly site and blog, and love it.
  - StavrosK 14y ago
    I have had the same (well, better) results using Varnish. It's free, too. TL;DR: Use Varnish.
- rsingel 14y ago
  You also just install WP Super Cache and that'll largely handle your problems.
- danboarder 14y ago
  Dreamhost has one-click Cloudflare integration from the control panel, it will route your DNS for you. I would also use recommend a WP cache plugin to serve mostly static cached files. (edit - looks like you already knew this)
minhajuddin 14y ago
Use Varnish. Or use a service which does that http://substancehq.com/ http://substancehq.com/ I am the founder of substancehq btw :) *Minor edit

by jorde 14y ago

dmor 14y ago

Thank you. I'll drop you a note, I think it is time. I've been on the same Dreamhost box for 8 years!

paulitex 14y ago
Another great solution that doesn't involved changing anything in how you run your blog (or even moving off of Dreamhost), is a front-end cache like http://www.fastly.com/ http://www.fastly.com/. It's really affordable for personal sites, and for static sites like yours you'll be getting 98%+ cache hits – almost no traffic will ever hit your Dreamhost box, it will all come from their highly optimized Varnish caches around the world. Learndot's blog is hosted on a ec2 small instance fronted by fastly, our launch article was on HN/Techcrunch/etc... simultenously and we never went over 10% cpu. tl;dr: Use fastly.
- chacham15 14y ago
  $50 a month is expensive for a personal blog...
- graue 14y ago
  Wouldn't CloudFlare's free plan be just as good here? Edit: Looks like Danielle thinks so... she signed up with them a few hours ago. https://twitter.com/DanielleMorrill/status/289182292419674112 https://twitter.com/DanielleMorrill/status/28918229241967411...
  - dmor 14y ago
    Yes, actually I have been a CloudFlare user for awhile but had paused it on my blog while dealing with a vulnerability. By the time traffic spiked and I turned it back on there was no way to reach the site to cache a copy. I also use the paid version for the Referly site and blog, and love it.
- StavrosK 14y ago
  I have had the same (well, better) results using Varnish. It's free, too. TL;DR: Use Varnish.
rsingel 14y ago
You also just install WP Super Cache and that'll largely handle your problems.
danboarder 14y ago
Dreamhost has one-click Cloudflare integration from the control panel, it will route your DNS for you. I would also use recommend a WP cache plugin to serve mostly static cached files. (edit - looks like you already knew this)

minhajuddin 14y ago

Use Varnish. Or use a service which does that http://substancehq.com/ http://substancehq.com/ I am the founder of substancehq btw :) *Minor edit