weedtee
Web and SaaS
e-commerce storefront
SHOW HN2011
18points
10comments
#534of 1,097 in 2011
Top 49%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Performance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Amusing idea; HN fails are still wins
From 2 comments
Thanks for sharing, this is why I love HackerNews - even fails are wins.
waffler on HNNot exactly the type of project I expected to see on HN. But actually ... I like it, I might even buy one as a gift for a stoner friend. The design (of weedtee.com) is a bit…
prez on HN
Objections
Site design is heavy and slow to render
From 2 comments
Not exactly the type of project I expected to see on HN. But actually ... I like it, I might even buy one as a gift for a stoner friend. The design (of weedtee.com) is a bit…
prez on HNA little of both. It takes a while for the background image to load, maybe you can compress it without noticeable quality loss? Then again, it should be fine with a normal…
prez on HN
Server is cheap VPS and struggled under load
From 2 comments
Failed because of a crappy server? I can't see anything.
Tichy on HNYes, I'm running apache on a cheap ubuntu VPS from Enotch. Anyone want to help me with this?
rgbrgb on HN
Requests
Compress the background image
From 1 comment
A little of both. It takes a while for the background image to load, maybe you can compress it without noticeable quality loss? Then again, it should be fine with a normal…
prez on HN
Help fixing server performance
From 1 comment
Yes, I'm running apache on a cheap ubuntu VPS from Enotch. Anyone want to help me with this?
rgbrgb on HN
Questions
Is the slowness from JavaScript or page download?
From 1 comment
Cool, thanks for the tip. Is it the javascript that's taking a while or just downloading the page? The background image is on the LARGE side.
rgbrgb on HN
Alternatives named
Serve static HTML pages instead of WordPress for high traffic
From 1 comment
The quickest way to handle lots of load on an article is to make a static html page of your article and serve that instead of your wordpress/whatever resource intensive website.
TamDenholm on HN