[6DM]

Well if you're ultra cheap like me, you'll have to think deeply about scaling up your $5 instance lol

There are a lot of factors that go into site performance. Knowing your site can handle what other people have seen is a good start.

[parametrek]

Or you can design it to be light and fast from day 1. I had no trouble with the same level of traffic during a ShowHN on a $5 droplet.

[6DM]

You can design it to be light and fast, but you wouldn't know unless you test it right? Good to know that a cheap droplet can at least handle rendering the landing page though.