What happens traffic wise when a post hits #1 on Hacker News? Here are my stats (purde.net) 28 points by standrews 11y ago ↗ HN
[–] blackdogie 11y ago ↗ Did you take any special measures for protecting your blog, like caching ? Or are you running beefy enough hardware ? [–] standrews 11y ago ↗ I was able to get hold of my hosting provider (virtuaal.com) and upgrade to their biggest package in about 15 mins.
[–] standrews 11y ago ↗ I was able to get hold of my hosting provider (virtuaal.com) and upgrade to their biggest package in about 15 mins.
[–] afoot 11y ago ↗ Looking forward to the 'What happens when a post about a post that hits #1 on Hacker News, hits #1 on Hacker News?' post. [–] standrews 11y ago ↗ great idea :)
[–] chrisan 11y ago ↗ Ty for sharing. Tiny FYI, on mobile the sidebar, even while collapsed, is distracting. Thankfully there is reader view. [–] standrews 11y ago ↗ Indeed, need to update that theme.. Glad the reader view is there.
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