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.

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

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

what?

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.

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.