[jemka]

It's likely a result of a cheap host server not being able to handle the traffic. Not a reflection of OP's programming abilities.

[james-fend]

Yep. That's exactly it, it's on a cheap server and too much traffic. Anybody experience this before and/or know some quick solutions?

[kabuks]

You mentioned Heroku in your post. Why did you decide not to host there?

[james-fend]

Good question. The wordpress blog (webstartup.me) is on a cheap server. Freelancify is hosted on Heroku.

[loucal]

jekyll on S3 is a pretty killer combo for a cheap blog that scales infinitely and automatically. You'll probably like it, especially since you're a ruby guy.

[james-fend]

thank you for the suggestion, will look into that. The popularity of the posts def caught me off-guard..

[BummerCloud]

It is hosted on Heroku:

➜ ~ dig -x 75.101.163.44 +short proxy.heroku.com.