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I'm going to quit using WordPress on a shared VM, it's been 6 years since I installed WP and nothing is getting any better. Thanks for finding out the cached ve

by alpb 14y ago

I'm going to quit using WordPress on a shared VM, it's been 6 years since I installed WP and nothing is getting any better. Thanks for finding out the cached version. It should be available after a few retries for those want to comment on the page.

diego 14y ago
Install WP Super Cache. It should be able to handle HN's traffic even if it's running on an iPhone 3.
- alpb 14y ago
  It is already installed and apparently not sufficient. There are 400+ people on my blog (excluding google cache or the ones viewing HTTP 500 error page, of course) and yet we see downtime.
  - diego 14y ago
    Are you sure it's configured properly? A typical http server can serve thousands of requests for static pages per second even on low-end hardware. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/
  - runarb 14y ago
    Did you just installed it, or was it there all the time? I thought WP Super Cache was the trick to survive hn....
- rprasad 14y ago
  alpb, check your plugins. With WP SuperCache running you should be able to easily handle thousands of concurrent visitors, even on a virtual server or shared hosting accounting. Unfortunately, some of the plugins that ship with WP by default (i.e., some of the comments plugins) do not work well with caching; you have to swap them out for third-party equivalents that are designed with caching in mind.
yajoe 14y ago
Your blog post is interesting. How does tweeting about your post help the open source developer? This is in the cached version, and I see that you've since removed it. I'm also genuinely curious about your association with svbtle. Looking at your LinkedIn cv, you look like a cool dude with a solid career in front of you. SDET at Microsoft will be fun and challenging for you. Congrats on the side project startup. It's all goodness. However, I don't see the connection between you and svbtle. What's your secret? Also, I didn't know that svbtle let others self-host. This is interesting and may be part of the game plan that pg knows about. I may be looking for a narrative where one doesn't exist, and if so, tell me :) Edit: Thanks for pointing out the wp theme :) (I've been using jekyll+s3 for so long I'm disconnected from wp).
- aioprisan 14y ago
  there's a svbtle theme that you can install on wordpress: https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
DigitalSea 14y ago
Give Wordpress a chance. It's a great content management system and is easily scalable using a caching plugin especially on shared hosting environment where access to server configurations is restricted.

by alpb 14y ago

diego 14y ago

Install WP Super Cache. It should be able to handle HN's traffic even if it's running on an iPhone 3.

alpb 14y ago
It is already installed and apparently not sufficient. There are 400+ people on my blog (excluding google cache or the ones viewing HTTP 500 error page, of course) and yet we see downtime.
- diego 14y ago
  Are you sure it's configured properly? A typical http server can serve thousands of requests for static pages per second even on low-end hardware. http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/
- runarb 14y ago
  Did you just installed it, or was it there all the time? I thought WP Super Cache was the trick to survive hn....
rprasad 14y ago
alpb, check your plugins. With WP SuperCache running you should be able to easily handle thousands of concurrent visitors, even on a virtual server or shared hosting accounting. Unfortunately, some of the plugins that ship with WP by default (i.e., some of the comments plugins) do not work well with caching; you have to swap them out for third-party equivalents that are designed with caching in mind.

yajoe 14y ago

Your blog post is interesting. How does tweeting about your post help the open source developer? This is in the cached version, and I see that you've since removed it. I'm also genuinely curious about your association with svbtle. Looking at your LinkedIn cv, you look like a cool dude with a solid career in front of you. SDET at Microsoft will be fun and challenging for you. Congrats on the side project startup. It's all goodness. However, I don't see the connection between you and svbtle. What's your secret? Also, I didn't know that svbtle let others self-host. This is interesting and may be part of the game plan that pg knows about. I may be looking for a narrative where one doesn't exist, and if so, tell me :) Edit: Thanks for pointing out the wp theme :) (I've been using jekyll+s3 for so long I'm disconnected from wp).

aioprisan 14y ago
there's a svbtle theme that you can install on wordpress: https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle

DigitalSea 14y ago

Give Wordpress a chance. It's a great content management system and is easily scalable using a caching plugin especially on shared hosting environment where access to server configurations is restricted.