[kennywinker]

While the sentiment is clear, I had an uncached Wordpress site on shared hosting withstand #2 or #3 (I forget where exactly it peaked). HN isn't all that huge a traffic deliverer. It's just about the quality of that traffic.

[andrewvc]

Agreed, I've hit the front page a number of times. There's nothing about HN that even a cheap VPS running jekyll (like I have) can't handle.

[jmount]

I agree. Vanilla Wordpress plus cache doesn't even sweat on HN traffic. I would guess that without cache it would still work.

[zalew]

> HN isn't all that huge a traffic deliverer. It's just about the quality of that traffic.

what?

[jacques_chester]

He means that the readership of HN is high value. Name recognition amongst the HN readership might reasonably be considered to increase your chances of getting a nicer job, a book deal, a Y Combinator spot, a freelance contract, an investment round etc etc.

[kennywinker]

What jacques_chester said, except I was mostly thinking about the engagement level of the traffic. I.e. I go to HN for deep reads and to find out about cool new tools and services. When I go to reddit, for example, I'm there to lol at teh funny .jpgs.