Hey, everyone!
After six years, (and almost a year of trying to get a deal with a local colo that fell out), Philomena is off of the dev hardware! Some of the high points…
Much faster!
We were routinely at 80% CPU utilization over the last 6 months; ordinary user behavior was taking the site down. We’re now steady state at under 2% CPU utilization, only spiking up to 30% when intentionally stressed, so we should be sustainable for a good while. We may need more storage but that’ll be a one-hour downtime tops.
We were routinely at 80% CPU utilization over the last 6 months; ordinary user behavior was taking the site down. We’re now steady state at under 2% CPU utilization, only spiking up to 30% when intentionally stressed, so we should be sustainable for a good while. We may need more storage but that’ll be a one-hour downtime tops.
HTTPS!
It was long overdue.
It was long overdue.
Some nice middleware!
Things like hCaptcha should help protect us from spammers. As a consequence, you’ll need to log in again.
Things like hCaptcha should help protect us from spammers. As a consequence, you’ll need to log in again.
Additionally, if your password was ever used in a breach, we’ll be able to detect it from the hash and warn you. You’ll need to reset your password by email if this happens. Our password reset mails come from noreply@mg.mobius.social.
As a side effect, anonymous IDs changed. We’re no longer on the old RNG. This isn’t something we can revert, so some old comment chains may be broken, sorry.
New formatting!
Now, instead of the old ass mix of BBCode and Textile, we’re using Markdown. Old posts were converted automatically.
Now, instead of the old ass mix of BBCode and Textile, we’re using Markdown. Old posts were converted automatically.
Something break?
As always, issues with the site itself should go to the Site and Policy forum. If the bug happens here and on another site using Philomena, such as Furbooru, open a bug on the Philomena project instead!
As always, issues with the site itself should go to the Site and Policy forum. If the bug happens here and on another site using Philomena, such as Furbooru, open a bug on the Philomena project instead!
