How I Survived the Front Page of Hacker News Without Crashing My Site
In this post, I share my journey of surviving a massive traffic spike when my article reached the front page of Hacker News. I discuss how I optimized my Ghost CMS setup for handling high traffic using caching strategies with Cloudflare, Docker, and Traefik. I'll also dive into practical tips on setting up caching headers and how I scaled my multi-site server infrastructure without crashing. If you’re dealing with high traffic or want to future-proof your site, this guide will help you manage big surges with ease. Read the complete article and view the graphs here: https://danielpetrica.com/surviving-hacker-news-front-page/

In this post, I share my journey of surviving a massive traffic spike when my article reached the front page of Hacker News. I discuss how I optimized my Ghost CMS setup for handling high traffic using caching strategies with Cloudflare, Docker, and Traefik. I'll also dive into practical tips on setting up caching headers and how I scaled my multi-site server infrastructure without crashing. If you’re dealing with high traffic or want to future-proof your site, this guide will help you manage big surges with ease.
Read the complete article and view the graphs here: https://danielpetrica.com/surviving-hacker-news-front-page/