Gregory's Servermastodon.social has once again caught up with real-time. I haven't received the new machine for the database yet (seems like the technical issues unfortunately overlapped with some bank holidays; hopefully tomorrow) but I managed to find a way to optimize some code that seems to have helped. Thank you for being patient, and again, I'm really sorry you couldn't experience Mastodon at its best the past few days on here.
  @Gargron is there any healthpage or something that allows to query the state of the instance (or even the whole network?)  @Gargron This system works surprisingly faster now after the changes. Will be interesting to see the amount of improvements in the future when more people start to help with code optimizations. To be fair, this large growth of new accounts and activity would be challenging for any service. Good work keeping systems running. 👍   @Gargron It's actually fun to watch the process and the way you communicate - thanks for that! @Gargron some tweaking of the DB table indexing? Hope the server guys are recovered and working well today. @Gargron thanks for the efforts and make sure you look after yourself. As a recent arrival from the other side, and working in IT, I appreciate the stress the recent influx has put on both the platform and those who develop and maintain it. @Gargron have noticed a thing. You’re doing great and I look forward to sending you more money over time! 🧡 @Gargron We appreciate the hard work you put into it and the honesty, clarity and openness. The first 3 years on Twitter they presented us with the "fail whale" which supposed to be funny, but no feedback about what caused it and steps to a solution. you still found a solution , even though it is not easy with rising demand and long delivery times. I donated yesterday with the hope that a contribution can make a difference.If I can help in any other way, let me know. Keep up the good work! @Gargron As a new user, it hasn't been a problem. It's understood that it's a labour of love, hope you get enough new Patreon subscriptions to help. Thank you for all your efforts @Gargron There are some bugs needing to be fixed. For exemple, some setting changes I make don't take effect on the app. App also don't show how many new notifications I have. It's a never ending process, but I'm generally pleased with the experience. Good luck. @Gargron Some services offer csv-.Filers to import twitter contacts, this does not seem to work here right now - just a report, not a complaint ;) @Gargron We, or at least I, are extremely grateful for you and all your effort, thank you. No-one could have predicted the explosion of twits from all countries, tearing across the frozen plains in large groups to storm the Mastodons hideout, yet you all made us feel so super welcome. I trust we have done the same for you Eugen. @Gargron @Gargron Thank you for your great work! I donated on patreon to help you keep this instance running, and I hope that a considerable percentage of the new arrivals will do so, too... @Gargron Thank you SO MUCH for all you're doing! I'm going to add to the crowdfunder for the instance! 🙏 @Gargron Wrinkles are understandable given how many people have joined in a short space of time. Thank you for your hard work. 😊  @Gargron you always end up coming with solutions. Well done on you. Do you keep track of these things that can be converted to (short?) tech writes? I would like to dive deeper into your mind on how you work through such events. Also, is this instance specific or Mastodon wide? Feel free to answer anytime later as you probably need to catch up some missed sleeping hours 😁 @Gargron Thanks for the work you've done and may the force be with you 💪 . It made me self-host my own instance and it's working pretty well :) @Gargron We all appreciate your hard work, and as a result I have decided to become a Patreon supporter. The lowest level at the moment, but depending on how much I make use of Mastodon I might upgrade in the future. @Gargron would it help to the implement some code in C++ or Rust (haven't looked into the git repo yet)?  @Gargron Eugene, you wouldn’t have the holiday bank issue if you’d believe in crypto 😜 @Gargron thank you so much! You do a really great job. Being patient on Mastodon is like having holiday, improvising a little, no hurry, keep smiling and meeting friendly people. No worries, it will be okay thanks to you! @Gargron Is it any help if I invite you to check www.prodfiler.com to see if you can do real-time profiling of your instances? That could help us identify CPU bottlenecks... @Gargron |
@Gargron I know you have Patreon, but maybe set up a bigger crowdfund that we can all contribute towards to help make this place the best version it can be. Thanks for all of your hard work.