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1) Provocative Title ---> As for a better title -- who knows.. the title: "Yes, You Can Run 18 Static Sites on a 64MB VPS" ---> it begs the question... "why wouldn't you be able to Run 18 Static Sites on a 64MB VPS?" -- So, you end up clicking on it. For this HN crowd - Im pretty sure that was going thru a lot of peoples head when they read the title.. (at least for me - but who knows)

2) Immediately references to a sketchy forum WebHostingTalk is the biggest forum about webhosting in the world. It's pretty important if you work in that field*

---> That's debatable. I've worked in the web hosting industry for a very long time and I almost never go to that forum unless, im baited to it.

3) affiliate link + ads Welcome to the internet. I've got nothing against affiliates, or ads... heck - affiliate marketing is a very important part of the internet marketing ecosystem. however, the very obvious absence of affiliates or ads on HN makes it a very nice place.

Theres no need to further debate this with you.

@NL

The problem is not the technical write up.

Affiliate Link

He said: I am still taking the “no affiliation sales” stance. He posted that on his page http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/advertisement-situation-at-low... Which contradicts http://www.lowendbox.com/blog/vpslink-february-sale-and-10-o...

The Ethical debate belongs at a different venue.. but you must concede that these are two conflicting policies. but whatever.. its no big deal. I have no problem with folks making money off affiliate marketing.

-Im not even saying that he has a bad site. or a bad guy. Im not even saying that his post was incorrect. what I am saying is: 1) Provocative Title 2) Immediately references to a sketchy forum 3) affiliate link + ads -- these are usually the signs of link-bait.

*Im not even commenting on the merit of the article or whether it belongs on HN or not.. Im just commenting on how painful it is for me to see it on HN.

@NL

I have bothered to read the site and he makes good points. Thats not the issue. The issue is with the "Title", then article starts with a reference to WebHostingTalk, then near immediately followed with a link his affiliate page -(very cleverly disguised) All of those three things separately are NO BIG DEAL; but all together on HN is very frustrating. The reason for that is because, I have grown to trust HN links and this makes me question that trust. I love HN because of the trust I have for the destination of the links. Post such as these challenge that trust.

Its pretty clear.. that you are a SHILL (or a community fan of LowEndBox) as you phrase it... whatever you want to call it. your impact is still negative and the same.

I find it highly suspicious that your ACCOUNT STARTED the SAME TIME this was posted.

You are FAR too sensitive to deem comments as an ATTACK on the site; or deem it as non-valid. Frankly, there is nothing for you to defend. As I stated; theres nothing wrong with his technical write-up. I just highly question the motivations of being posted on HN with such a title, promo code, ads, etc.

FRANKLY, what you are doing text book 'Gaming HN'. And Heres WHY: 1) You just started your account today for this post 2) You have your comments upvoted and down vote dissenting comments by your confederates 3) You keep on telling people to go to " BuyVM .net" which by the way has LowEndBox.com as its biggest advocate 4) You have a very intimate knowledge of how LowEndBox operates, (if he does affiliate links, or has a WebHostingTalk account, or if he makes money from his ads) Come on you can tell me if you are Francisco Dias - the guy that runs BuyVM and markets almost exclusively at LowEndBox (You just got caught!)

Please stop trying to Game HN and HN users.

You sure do know alot of this guys (www.lowendbox.com) affairs.. for NOT being a confederate.. or are you?

@jack12 Fair- enough. Though, it still doesnt negate the end-effect; and, the rising trend of flamebait titles on HN, and in fact has been discussed continuously ~and~ on nearly daily basis.

Like previously stated - theres nothing wrong with the technical write-up. though, it shouldve stated that any VPS running any control panel (like plesk or cpanel) can host 18 static sites (even without any optimization). The problem is that its flamebait. you can even see that on it the comments -- and subsequently on webhostingtalk. Just saying saying

As for the $$ im sure he does fine. Affiliate payouts in the webhosting indutry is huge.

Yeah.. you are admit.. Looking at it in a sensible way.

1) Title was written and posted as such to draw flame 2) Post is quickly started with a discount 3) The page is littered with advert

The merit of the technical write up is not in question; its the specific intention to incite controversy. thats the problem.

Its obvious to this crowd that 64mb is plenty to run a 18 Static Sites.

It is the very fact of challenging the ability to run 18 static sites on 64mb via a VPS is ridiculous. Now, if the article asked the question of "how quickly can you max out 64mb VPS and tactics to avoid it" -then, it would be less inflamatory.

Sorry 'Bro' Clearly you are a SHILL -- your account was created TWO hours ago! Sorry 'BRO' we see right thru you.

AGGHHH!!! This is CLEARLY a very well DISGUISED ad-article/spam. Im so angered when I see an article that has "WebHostingTalk", "Discount", "Heres how you..."

Its so painful to see this on HN!

P.S. @spitfire -- Yeah.. thems were the days! goes to show you how old I am

ON A SIDE NOTE: http://www.netdisaster.com/ did the exact thing but got shutdown for Phishing. Isnt this the exact same thing?

I think part of the knee-jerk reaction here is that 2 weeks is a short amount of time relying on external forces specifically from the client - that they can work as efficiently as you.

I do recommend that you outline hours... for example: $5000 is equal to 100 hours or less claimed with in one calendar month.

Clearly defines your scope of billing and prevents both parties from *dragging this thing on&on

I really liked the sentiments portrayed by the CEO in this article. ~Came off a little humble, genuine and candid. (this CEO probably does well in the Waiter Rule/Test)

""..I began to wonder, “Should I even be here?” Frankly, it didn’t feel very good to sit there and watch Elaine and Sandy working away while I did comparatively little. I could just as well have been playing Frisbee..."

A lot of people feel this way. Especially, in the begining where the cadence and rhythm is inconsistent and unpredicatble. (for techie cofounders, business cofounders, and support staff) very hard to coach someone and tell them that we need you.

Its very telling when this moment comes in the minds of the cofounders and/or staff; the way they deal with this is a good indicator how they'll deal with tougher and bigger things in the future. This moment of "Should I even be here?" is definitely one of the tough milestones that each individual must personally overcome. BTW, something they dont teach in an MBA program.

Yeah.. squid is actually great. I do wish squid is a packaged that just needs to be turned on for most VPS

This approach really works well... I would add that off-loading MySQL to a different VPS within the same network works well too; latency within the same network is very negligible. Doing simple optimization such as moving/disabling mail and stuff you probably dont need works too.

yeah.. php really has gotten a bad rap.. nearing ASP proportions

"..Mutually Human is an expert custom software strategy and design consultancy specializing in mobile and web based products and services."

Ok.. I gotta get in on this! I totally flaked on LinkedIN

Seems like Idea Guy, Developer Guy, Designer Guy, Business Guy MatchMaking Service is yet to be solved/filled.

I have to say, that http://ihackernews.com/ is pretty snazy! I wonder why people dont just put a "home" icon button thing.

Free Vs. Paid (Iphone)HN Access? I dont think its fair for people to Poo-Poo on outcries of making it free. To be fair, HN now is freely accessible, and a part of me cringes at the notion of charging folks for an "iphone-wrapper" (pardon the term) to free HN community content.

Though, it is commendable that great effort has been put forth by the developer/mastermind of the app -- and certainly that should also be rewarded. (cool points for putting it on GitHub)

Perhaps, something in between? Tip Jar; or KickStarter or Ads? I dont know. It would be interesting to see what kind of revenue and overall reception the app and developer gets! (would love to see a 'post-launch' write up)

OK, This is the first tangible evidence that we are indeed /now/ in a Bubble!

I dont know why, but I always seem to have a GAG reflex every time I try to watch mixergy videos. I really want to watch it.. but I just cant get pass the gag reflex and I end up tuning out and turning it off.

Sorta seems like a bubble.. its not the first time its been said.. whether or not I agree with the rationale -- doesn't make the observation or the phenomena any less valid. Or, do we wait for the bubble to burst before anyone can call it a bubble. (I dont know..)

This Post hits all of the keywords.. StartUp, OpenSourced, Infiltrate a bit of a turn-off ...seems to be a trend on HN to have such a post nowadays

Great Idea!

why did i get a down-vote for saying "Great Idea"