That's not sarcasm. It's not like anyone here has numbers to say I'm wrong, and I'm not hearing any good arguments as to why it's a bad idea. I've had my blog (which does 3 mysql queries for each pageload) hit the HN front page with 105KB/s uplink and either a Pentium 3 or Intel Atom as CPU (I forgot when I switched servers). In any case, something much like a Pi can handle HN front-page traffic with a database. And people are downvoting hosting a website that's even less heavy on a Pi? Unless it's 500 hits per second, I don't get it.