Sorry for the short notice, but I will be performing some server maintenance at 10:30 CST tonight.

I am going to switch to the next plan up (6 CPU 4 GB RAM) and take a snapshot of the VM while i’m at it. I’m hoping it shouldn’t take too long.

I plan on doing a longer “State of the Instance” post soon, just to update everyone with how we’re doing with donations, etc.

edit: 10:51 PM - Maintenance is complete!

      • shinratdrEnglish
        9·
        2 years ago

        Threw in $2 a month, thanks for running this :) Make sure you update your projected costs on liberapay if you increased the server specs.

        • smorksOPMAEnglish
          5·
          2 years ago

          thank you! and thank you for the reminder!

    • smorksOPMAEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      maybe? they have a much higher user count than here, (+34K i think?), and there could be other issues as well, but I suppose it’s something worth looking in to.

      • OtterAEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        I think that would be most ideal. They may also be able to help with governance and non-profit stuff. They’re a pretty good organization and open decentralized internet is right up their alley.

        Worth reaching out :)

  • ZambonimanEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    The ol’ 386 DX needed a new 120 MB hard drive, did it?

    • smorksOPMAEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      haha yep! i might have to press the turbo button too.

  • grteEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    Presumably this costs money. Is there some way to pitch in?

      • kethaliEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Liberapay doesn’t take a cut, does the payment processing fee from Stripe get taken from the donation amount before getting sent to you? I’m assuming yes, just want to make sure.

        • smorksOPMAEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          pretty sure Stripe takes a fee of some sort. i’m new to taking donations too.

          • grteEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Off a CA$36.40 donation they took CA$1.36. Not the worst rate.

              • grteEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                No, thank you for putting in the time and work.

    • UndeariusEnglish
      8·
      2 years ago

      There’s some links in the sidebar of the homepage.

    • smorksOPMAEnglish
      41·
      2 years ago

      heh sorry about that! i should have put more info in that message, but I was rushing. i also should have given more notice, but wanted to get it done before it got too late.

      • lightrushEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Not knocking you at all. I was joking. I’ve been on a DevOps team, I know how it is. 👏💛

  • UncleEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    this makes me want to bring my 42U rack back in, and acquire a server again. what kinda traffic does the site use? not that i could host it, but its something i did back in the day

    • smorksOPMAEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      here’s a bandwidth chart for the past week:

      I think the total is around 150 GB so far, so it’s not too crazy yet.

      • UncleEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        so, you’re saying you dont want me to upload all the pictures of my birds just yet?

        • smorksOPMAEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          you can’t give it all away in one shot, right? haha

      • sighEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        it’s not too crazy yet

        brother I came to party

  • Thirdnipple79English
    4·
    2 years ago

    So when is the next server upgrade? Tonight? Haha. The site is growing fast.