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It's already down (it's the database... why does it always gotta be the database... sigh. Actually, it's probably a blog post so why is it even hitting the data
by lectrick 13y ago
It's already down (it's the database... why does it always gotta be the database... sigh. Actually, it's probably a blog post so why is it even hitting the database to begin with instead of being served from cache?)
I guess someone didn't prioritize "getting shit done" haha
- ryan-allen 13y agoHooray for WordPress!
- vampirechicken 13y agoWordpress has good caching available. This is the owner's failure, not WP's.
- smacktoward 13y agoWordPress' inability to stand up to even moderate levels of traffic is well known enough at this point that the product really should come with some kind of caching solution built in, IMO. Yes, there are caching plugins, but the users who need them the most are also the ones least likely to know they need them.
- vampirechicken 13y agoSoftware users not having a comprehensive understanding of the technical complexities of their software is nothing new. It is, in fact, the status quo , as anybody who does IT work for a living can attest. That WP should have built-in caching, I cannot argue, but once the choice is made to use it, it becomes the chooser's problem.
- prostoalex 13y ago> users who need them the most are also the ones least likely to know they need them Why? Do people with least technical knowledge just happen to build Wordpress-based sites attracting billions of eyeballs?
- xux 13y agoNo, but they're the most vulnerable when a random article on their site gets attention (like this HN post).
- prostoalex 13y agoOn one end of the spectrum, you have non-technical people going for wordpress.com accounts that are hosted by Automattic. On the other hand you have fairly technical high-traffic users like New York Times or CNet hiring either their own technical staff (or, once again, outsourcing that to Automattic). The target market of "people technical enough to download, roll out and host their own version of Wordpress, but not technical enough to find and roll out a plugin" is fairly small. They could probably package WP-Cache with a default distribution of WordPress, but since that requires allowing write permissions on some directories, I suspect they're erring on the side of security.
- davidspinks 13y agoI had one installed but it wasn't working for some reason. I replaced it with W3Edge now and it's working great. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- pistle 13y agoWe are at the precipice of the end of coding.
- davidspinks 13y agoYea my bad. I'm but a wee blogger using FatCow hosting for my often minimal traffic. Try refreshing. Sigh.
- NoodleIncident 13y agoGoogle Cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:whatspinksthinks.com/2013/11/04/get-shit-done-the-worst-startup-culture-ever/ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:whatspi...
- davidspinks 13y agoSorry about that, should be better now, replaced the broken caching plugin with w3edge.
- throwaway1979 13y agoDon't feel bad about the crash. My wp blog also crashed the first time I got to the top of hacker news. You will learn a lot making sure that won't ever happen gain ;) Caching is going to get you through this one but checkout c10k. Great post, btw!