Prepping for an insane amount of traffic tonight. Some previous participants have reported 125k concurrent connections. We'll see. 128 large servers on ec2 divided between our api and web site.
Little known fact: the show takes 2% royalty on operating profits or 5% equity of the company just for coming on the show - might seem like a lot but the exposure might very well be worth it<p>Source: <a href="http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/passing-up-the-opportunity-to-appear-on-shark-tank/" rel="nofollow">http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/passing-up-the-oppo...</a>
Are you guys using refinery? (layout-wise it looks like it)<p>I'd be interested in a write up after the fact to know how well it held up to the traffic.<p>Good luck tonight!