What happens traffic wise when a post hits #1 on Hacker News? Here are my stats

by standrews • 12 years ago

28 7 12 years ago

blackdogie• 12 years ago

Did you take any special measures for protecting your blog, like caching ? Or are you running beefy enough hardware ?

standrews3• 12 years ago

I was able to get hold of my hosting provider (virtuaal.com) and upgrade to their biggest package in about 15 mins.

afoot• 12 years 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.

standrews3• 12 years ago

great idea :)

chrisan• 12 years ago

Ty for sharing. Tiny FYI, on mobile the sidebar, even while collapsed, is distracting. Thankfully there is reader view.

standrews3• 12 years ago

Indeed, need to update that theme.. Glad the reader view is there.

BasDirks• 12 years ago

"ie. my Mom and a dozen bots" in the graph is priceless.

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