3 posts
Scaling my blog for high traffic – WordPress + Apache + Varnish + Nginx
Scaling my blog for high traffic – WordPress + Apache + Varnish + Nginx
12 November 2012
On the 3rd of October, after some quite high load, my website crashed and went offline. Given I'd just gone to Sweden, this was a bit awkward. Looking at the stats – on the 2nd of October it was getting on average 5 page loads *per second* – except it wasn't evenly spread traffic – […]
How to setup a proxy for a website like the Pirate Bay
How to setup a proxy for a website like the Pirate Bay
2 May 2012
You may have read recently about attempts to block the Pirate Bay. There are a variety of reasons I think this is a bad idea, perhaps I'll write a post about it, but this is simply about how to quickly and easily deploy a web proxy for a specific website which could be anywhere in […]
Building reddit-frontpage-proof websites?
Building reddit-frontpage-proof websites?
7 February 2012
Rick Falkvinge's website Falkvinge.net recently frontpaged reddit. Actually, in the default setup, he had three articles, (#16, #22, #24), which, as he says, is a record for him. Why is this a big deal? Well with reddit being Alexa-ranked 133 and getting about 8.7 million visitors every day, being on the front page 3 times […]
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