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Lesson N+1: Hacker News can break your blog's webserver. That's one you only learn through experience. [ETA: which is sad, because I want to read it!]

by etfb 13y ago

sergioschuler 13y ago
Damn Bluehost, hehe. I wish I knew how to fix it, but a few refreshes seems to go through.
- etfb 13y ago
  The only solution is to throw money at it until it gets better, isn't it? Or to wait it out. I remember when the word "Slashdot" became a verb, back when "Reddit" was a joke about a frog and a library book and DOS was what Windows ran on. The problem hasn't improved, as far as I know. So no biggie; it's not your fault. Ride it out and you'll be fine. Meanwhile, I'm mostly commenting so I can find your article again later and get to actually read it!
- drewmclellan 13y ago
  I wouldn't blame your host, actually. It's WordPress. It's a shame it's so often given a free pass on these issues when it really isn't good at handling peaks in traffic.
  - sergioschuler 13y ago
    Any alternatives?
    - diegolo 13y ago
      static html websites
    - danso 13y ago
      Using the popular caching plugins...W3 Total Cache (http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/) or Super Cache (http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/) seem to be well liked and I've used both of them without too many issues (I have some weirdness in my WP upgrade path). My blog has been on HN and reddit a few times and has never crashed, even though I'm on the cheapest Dreamhost hosting plan with what seems like 5 to 10 second response times for non-cached pages.
      - sergioschuler 13y ago
        Will try, thanks!
    - codygman 13y ago
      If you install wp super cache[1], then you shouldn't have any problems 1. http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/
- sergioschuler 13y ago
  Now the whole Bluehost is down.
owenversteeg 13y ago
I copied it to a pastebin: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6992850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6992850

Lesson N+1: Hacker News can break your blog's webserver. That's one you only learn through experience. [ETA: which is sad, because I want to read it!]

by etfb 13y ago

Lesson N+1: Hacker News can break your blog's webserver. That's one you only learn through experience. [ETA: which is sad, because I want to read it!]

sergioschuler 13y ago

Damn Bluehost, hehe. I wish I knew how to fix it, but a few refreshes seems to go through.

etfb 13y ago
The only solution is to throw money at it until it gets better, isn't it? Or to wait it out. I remember when the word "Slashdot" became a verb, back when "Reddit" was a joke about a frog and a library book and DOS was what Windows ran on. The problem hasn't improved, as far as I know. So no biggie; it's not your fault. Ride it out and you'll be fine. Meanwhile, I'm mostly commenting so I can find your article again later and get to actually read it!
drewmclellan 13y ago
I wouldn't blame your host, actually. It's WordPress. It's a shame it's so often given a free pass on these issues when it really isn't good at handling peaks in traffic.
- sergioschuler 13y ago
  Any alternatives?
  - diegolo 13y ago
    static html websites
  - danso 13y ago
    Using the popular caching plugins...W3 Total Cache (http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/) or Super Cache (http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/) seem to be well liked and I've used both of them without too many issues (I have some weirdness in my WP upgrade path). My blog has been on HN and reddit a few times and has never crashed, even though I'm on the cheapest Dreamhost hosting plan with what seems like 5 to 10 second response times for non-cached pages.
    - sergioschuler 13y ago
      Will try, thanks!
  - codygman 13y ago
    If you install wp super cache[1], then you shouldn't have any problems 1. http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/ http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/
sergioschuler 13y ago
Now the whole Bluehost is down.

owenversteeg 13y ago

I copied it to a pastebin: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6992850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6992850