I rarely, if ever, post about work. But — full disclosure — I work at #Redis, and I enjoy being on #Mastodon, so I thought this post on The New Stack was cool. That’s all.

https://thenewstack.io/how-to-boost-mastodon-server-performance-with-redis/

How to Boost Mastodon Server Performance with Redis

A default Mastodon installation is fine for a tiny server, but it takes work to make it scale. Here’s what to know before you get started.

The New Stack
@maxsidman Any tips on getting Redis to work with Pixelfed? Trying to set up a developer machine with Apache and Pixelfed, but when I try to run PHP artisan install, it can’t connect to Redis. Redis-cli has no problem connecting.
@thereisnocat Oh man, way over my head, I’m just an evil Marketing guy. Pretty much the village idiot hanging out with a buncha smart people hahaha
@maxsidman Okay, that’s cool. I’ll ask on the Pixelfed IRC.