Launched my new Startup Yesterday, Here's how the first 24 hours went

[olidale]

http://themefurnace.com/blog/themefurnace-launch-24-hours-later-how-did-it-go/

[garethsprice]

At http://themefurnace.com/member/signup/index/c/, got a database connection error and an Engrish error message.

Posting a comment also threw a database connection error.

[alexchamberlain]

Some nice themes. I see on Twitter that the server is getting a pounding. I'm sure HN will oblige and provide a good test of your stack.

[olidale]

Sites back up now - did take a bit of a hammering.

[cheald → olidale]

Check out Varnish. It'll keep you up even under a deluge of traffic.

[zmarn]

you should probably disable user-facing raw php-errors in a production environment (just my opinion)

http://themefurnace.com/wp-content/plugins/hello.php

[olidale → zmarn]

Yes, I've removed that plugin - I dont know why i'ts included in WP by default.

[atjoslin]

I can't help but read it as 'the me furnace' :-p