Hey guys, just to let you know I’m upgrading the server tonight to a dedicated server which should improve the speed of the site significantly. It shouldn’t take too long and might resolve some issues we were having on the instance.
At the moment, the server has been running on shared hosting which is cheap hosting where the server that runs the website is shared among many users. I upgraded it this morning but it didn’t seem to help at all so I’m opting for a dedicated instance.
Over the last few days we’ve seen a good number of users join the instance and I’ve had a good number of donations from some great people!
My intentions are to run this server for as long as I can even if I’m putting some of my own money into it. I know some people may be worried about an instance like this being hosted by one person but I promise I’ll keep it up and keep regular backups just in case I can’t host it anymore or something happens to the server!
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This is definitely a good idea in my opinion. Maybe a model a little like how Linus Torvalds runs the Linux dev: Several people with the tools to make things happen, but one person most definitely in charge to steer the platform the right way.
It’s already fast! 😆
Thanks Tom, you are a good admin.
Do you have any donation links to share to help with hosting costs?
I know honestly, I go on holiday next week and I’m worried it might get too big while I’m away haha
That’s really decent of you, have a good break too!
Seconding the donations links. Very excited to be here and want to help out where I can!
https://feddit.uk/post/21869 This post has one.
Thanks!
https://feddit.uk/post/21869 This post has one.
Thanks Tom for all you’re doing. The instance is noticeably faster this morning, imo.
It’s a shame the UKCasual community was created on a different instance to this one, it’d be nice to have everything in one place. I suppose that’s the beauty of everyone moving to a new platform though. It’s all over the shop!
Glad to hear it’s faster!
Where did casuals end up? Missed that
It ended up at !ukcasual@lemmy.world, it is a shame aye but lemmy.world seems pretty stable which is good!
Cheers for that. Must of missed it when done a quick sweep of lemmy world and beehaw
I’m greatful this instance existed when I decided to jump onto Lemmy, I’m certainly not inclined to jump onto another instence anytime soon.
but I promise I’ll keep it up and keep regular backups just in case I can’t host it anymore or something happens to the server!
This is very comforting, thank you!
Awesome stuff. Was hoping I’d find a more modest instance like this, cheers!
Thanks Tom, much appreciated. Hopefully this is the start of a great community thanks to your initiative and effort
thank you for your hard work
Seems to be going ok now, there was a little hiccup about an hour ago maybe, between 10am and 11am but all seems ok at the moment.
Yeh I had to take the site down for a bit because of this https://feddit.uk/comment/84124 all should be good now
I for one will be happy to keep you caffeinated should the server costs start piling up. Don’t hesitate to prompt us if it comes to that.
Might be worth updating to lemmy 0.17.4 if you can, before you jet off on holiday :)
That’s a good shout actually, I’ll do it early tomorrow morning as it looks like a smallish upgrade, the update for 0.18.0 looks to be coming soon which hopefully comes after my holiday as it’ll be a big one!
Never, do an upgrade BEFORE leaving on your holiday. Things need time to settle.
He’s going next week
@tom@feddit.uk Dont forget to take your laptop on holiday :)
Haha dw I won’t forget, hopefully I won’t need it
Yep hopefully stays in the bag :) enjoy
