Drupal is RAD
June 30th, 2008So the Mrs. decides to do a giveaway. In an hour, there have been over 1,200 comments. The server just barely started to sweat (your mileage may vary). I don’t think the server has ever seen that kind of comment load. Chalk a big one up to caching and webinternetry jim jammin on the one.
She had a bunch of images up, but given the nature of the post, they were causing slowdowns. While Heather is at the gym, she authorized me to pull the images down if the site got slow. Hopefully, they’ll go back up if the interest slows over the next few days.
I have to say that i’m very impressed with Drupal right now. I think we made the right choice for a content management system. Thanks everybody for your patience if dooce® is down. I’ll be on server watch for the next few days, so you can contact me: djblurb [at] blurbomat [dot] com if you see bugs or experience issues relating to not being able to leave a comment. Your other issues are best left handled by trained professionals and/or legal chemicals.
Go comment and win a Wii with Wii Fit!! Good luck! o
Whoa. I’m impressed. The first thought I had when I saw that giveaway was that your server better be fantastic. And by the time I write this, you’ve got 1800 comments over there. Incredible.
@alina, and as I write this, 2054 comments! That is insane!
Hm…I may have to go enter again. But I think I’ll wait until three in the morning.
I started to leave a comment when the count was 1710; when it was posted, I was in the 2000’s.
BTW, Dick Cavett wrote (what I thought) was a good article recently for the NYTimes about depression. I’m sure I’m the bazzilioneth person to tell you about it, but it’s worth a read.
can I comment here and make it count?
Can I ask a favor? Way back when you posted a lot more about how you did a lot of the cool stuff not only on Dooce, but here as well. Is there any reason you decided to stay with Wordpress here instead of switching the whole thing to Drupal?
Wow- yay for having a backup web-watcher while you go to the gym… you’re a good hubby
I think we need to start a raffle for one of them for whoever guesses the amount of comments that will be posted by closing…
I posted a comment over at Dooce’s, and I think that it’s running a bit slower than usual, but I chalked that up to the high traffic. I am 3944, I think I started my comment where there was only 3000… so that’s a crazy amount of traffic. I would not doubt y’all getting about 10,000 comments! Good luck internet-watching! I might have to enter again as well but hopefully when it’s a little quicker to do so.
It took me a few tries to get my comment accepted, and I thought the human test thing was just playing with me after the third try, but I was impressed how well it worked overall, when I knew there were dozens of people on at the same time. Thanks for being on the job!
So what other CMS did you look at? I would be interested to know why you chose Drupal. I just went through the CMS choosing at work and we decided to go with Joomla. So far I really like it. Ease of use, great extensions, etc. Would love to know your thoughts.
@ravensensei, I assume you are talking about this post:
http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/11/19/early-dooce®-v6-nerd-faq/
I wanted to compare server loads from Wordpress and Drupal. Drupal wins hands down. I’ve been tempted to move to Drupal, but I have special needs that I can hack easily in WordPress and I’m still learning Drupal so it’s kind of hard for me. I’m also looking at Expression Engine. The new version looks dead sexy.
@Maura, put a couple of zeros behind those dozens
@Bunnie, see the link that I posted above. Joomla was one I looked at, but Drupal seemed more robust. Doesn’t mean Joomla isn’t good, just that Drupal is holding steady. Knock wood.
Now this is all exciting. I wonder how it feels to have such a big audience. Very impressive.
Keep up the good work with the website and the server.
-Omar
So, how did YOU do on the WiiFit??? =)
Congrats on the stability. I see it’s well over 6700 comments now and still holding. Pretty impressive really. Might have to look into drupal myself.
I’m a web app designer for a company in White Plains, and I’ve been giving serious consideration to writing my next app with Ruby on Rails and seeing where it takes me. What I’m waiting for is an blog-like/CMS app written in RoR.
From what I’ve seen, it’s not a fad anymore, it’s a fairly robust, yet lightweight scripting language.
Plus if I can get a proof of concept written in RoR, I can convince them that my next dev machine needs to be a Mac
How much handrolling did you need to do with Drupal? I took a look at Joomla for a client, but it seemed to be a bit restrictive and puzzle-piece like.
Dooce Comment Watch 2008: 7884 at 9:45pm EST
Fabulous!!
Drupal is a mean Biatch, I installed it on eddierenz.com and then had no idea how to do anything with it. It was just too much for me, but props to you for making it sing like a bird for Dooce.
Also, I need to see before and after pictures of the garage. I’ve recently installed some sweet shelving units from Rubbermaid. Have you used their stuff? You can hang everything from a wheel barrow to a bike on your wall. I drool now everytime I look at shelving systems with bad ass organization abilities and ones that still look sweet while doing it.
Over 10,000 comments! Unbelievable.
My comments have to do with fat asses and dogs pooping out panties. I hope you guys enjoy!
I am not going to leave a comment on dooce’s site for 2 reasons.
1. It’s way more fun to be a spectator to the growing comments. It’s truly amazing and I’m proud of her.
2. I don’t want to hear the Wii Fit screaming “YOU’RE KILLING ME!!!!!! GET OFF ME IMMEDIATELY BEFORE I SELF DESTRUCT!!!!!!!”
This whole thing is super cool though.
10700 comments (mine is somewhere in 10,300ish range). Man, oh, man. (Good thing I already own a Wii Fit–but if I somehow win, the new one goes to my mum. She really wants one but can’t afford the console.)
When I first saw this post and went to Dooce to check out the comments, it was sitting at 3800 and I didn’t bother posting because I thought there was no chance in hell. Now, it’s sitting at 11,368 and I KNOW there isn’t a chance!
The response to that entry is INSANE! I don’t need Drupal currently because I could only DREAM of having that many readers/comments but I’m thoroughly impressed.
I did leave a comment over there, not to enter because I already have both the Wii and Wii Fit and if my number is picked she can pass it on to the next person which I stated; but to remark on her impressive readership.
Holy exciting!
Hmm, can’t comment on Dooce.com because I don’t live in the US… Well I can comment, but then it won’t count… Stupid rules
Mighty impressive!
Awesome news that Drupal is holding up under the strain. I remember reading your post about why you chose Drupal and this latest event just seems like further proof that you (and Heather) made an excellent decision.
Closing in on 15,000! Anyone wanna take bet on when it’ll hit 20,000? I say around noon today (EST).
Deep breath in, Jon….exhale….