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Now that I've got paid hosting (a first time for me) I'm wary of posting a "Show HN:" out of fear that a possible surge of traffic will knock out my site, or ev

Now that I've got paid hosting (a first time for me) I'm wary of posting a "Show HN:" out of fear that a possible surge of traffic will knock out my site, or even cost me extra cash for the bandwidth use hike (Assuming that the "Show" is a popular one.).

tomasien 12y ago
Assuming you want what you've built to eventually be successful, you need to put aside that and all related fears immediately.
- loceng 12y ago
  Indeed, that would be a short-term spiked cost. Best case scenario is your product or service page is ready, tested and optimized so it has the impact on viewers that you want. And if your bandwidth persists in being higher then that's a good problem to have.
justinpaulson 12y ago
What are the goals for your project if not getting popular/traffic/use?
- CatsoCatsoCatso 12y ago
  The enjoyment of creating it, often my projects are small demos exploring a new method or idea I've discovered. Sharing them would be great but I don't think it's worth crashing my site or paying extra for. I'm happy to share within friends or have the odd stranger stumble across them.
kbar13 12y ago
"I made a thing, but I don't want it to be successful"
- Navarr 12y ago
  "I made a thing. I want it to be successful, but not that fast!"
yen223 12y ago
If your project is popular enough to be knocked out, that's a good thing ;)
iambateman 12y ago
So...don't do it?
Spittie 12y ago
Which kind of paid hosting? Many will just suspend your account when you hit your bandwidth cap instead of making you pay more (at least, the one I'm familiar with). AWS is a different beast, but that's what you get with the pay-on-demand model.
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account2473 12y ago
Other problems: 1. Wordpress, phpbb, mediawiki installations will get server hacked. Databases dumped on pastebin. I think updating all software and using Docker containers may fix this problem. 2. I'll get stalked, doxed. 3. Negative comments, or even worse - it gets ignored.

tomasien 12y ago

Assuming you want what you've built to eventually be successful, you need to put aside that and all related fears immediately.

loceng 12y ago
Indeed, that would be a short-term spiked cost. Best case scenario is your product or service page is ready, tested and optimized so it has the impact on viewers that you want. And if your bandwidth persists in being higher then that's a good problem to have.

justinpaulson 12y ago

What are the goals for your project if not getting popular/traffic/use?

CatsoCatsoCatso 12y ago
The enjoyment of creating it, often my projects are small demos exploring a new method or idea I've discovered. Sharing them would be great but I don't think it's worth crashing my site or paying extra for. I'm happy to share within friends or have the odd stranger stumble across them.

kbar13 12y ago

"I made a thing, but I don't want it to be successful"

Navarr 12y ago
"I made a thing. I want it to be successful, but not that fast!"

yen223 12y ago

If your project is popular enough to be knocked out, that's a good thing ;)

iambateman 12y ago

So...don't do it?

Spittie 12y ago

Which kind of paid hosting? Many will just suspend your account when you hit your bandwidth cap instead of making you pay more (at least, the one I'm familiar with). AWS is a different beast, but that's what you get with the pay-on-demand model.

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account2473 12y ago

Other problems: 1. Wordpress, phpbb, mediawiki installations will get server hacked. Databases dumped on pastebin. I think updating all software and using Docker containers may fix this problem. 2. I'll get stalked, doxed. 3. Negative comments, or even worse - it gets ignored.