Self-hosting and surviving the front page of Hacker News

IntroLast October, my post &ldquo;Why I Ditched Disqus for My Blog&rdquo; unexpectedly reached the #1 spot on Hacker News - and stayed on the front page for more than 11 hours. Overnight, a blog I usually run quietly from an old laptop-turned-server at home was under the kind of scrutiny I never prepared for. For context, a couple of years ago, I migrated from Ghost to Hugo, and started…