weedtee

Web and SaaS

e-commerce storefront

SHOW HN2011

18points
10comments
#534of 1,097 in 2011
Top 49%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

1 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.

Performance: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Amusing idea; HN fails are still wins

    From 2 comments
    • Thanks for sharing, this is why I love HackerNews - even fails are wins.
      waffler on HN
    • Not exactly the type of project I expected to see on HN. But actually ... I like it, I might even buy one as a gift for a stoner friend. The design (of weedtee.com) is a bit…
      prez on HN

Objections

  • Site design is heavy and slow to render

    From 2 comments
    • Not exactly the type of project I expected to see on HN. But actually ... I like it, I might even buy one as a gift for a stoner friend. The design (of weedtee.com) is a bit…
      prez on HN
    • A little of both. It takes a while for the background image to load, maybe you can compress it without noticeable quality loss? Then again, it should be fine with a normal…
      prez on HN
  • Server is cheap VPS and struggled under load

    From 2 comments
    • Failed because of a crappy server? I can't see anything.
      Tichy on HN
    • Yes, I'm running apache on a cheap ubuntu VPS from Enotch. Anyone want to help me with this?
      rgbrgb on HN

Requests

  • Compress the background image

    From 1 comment
    • A little of both. It takes a while for the background image to load, maybe you can compress it without noticeable quality loss? Then again, it should be fine with a normal…
      prez on HN
  • Help fixing server performance

    From 1 comment
    • Yes, I'm running apache on a cheap ubuntu VPS from Enotch. Anyone want to help me with this?
      rgbrgb on HN

Questions

  • Is the slowness from JavaScript or page download?

    From 1 comment
    • Cool, thanks for the tip. Is it the javascript that's taking a while or just downloading the page? The background image is on the LARGE side.
      rgbrgb on HN

Alternatives named

  • Serve static HTML pages instead of WordPress for high traffic

    From 1 comment
    • The quickest way to handle lots of load on an article is to make a static html page of your article and serve that instead of your wordpress/whatever resource intensive website.
      TamDenholm on HN

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