stux⚡️Floppy disk eject in #space
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Runner of Linux in the cloud since a while ago. Dad.
They didn’t all go perfectly, but I’m fairly sure I know why the failures happened, and was able to learn from them or develop a different kind of win... Which felt like a good lesson to take into the new year.
Over the Xmas break, I got into baking bread. Here’s 3 of the things I made! Xmas tree focaccia, Rye and raisin loaf and “from scratch” garlic bread.
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xxdesmus (he/him)Why Twitter Didn’t Go Down: From a Real Twitter SRE https://matthewtejo.substack.com/p/why-twitter-didnt-go-down-from-a
Why Twitter Didn’t Go Down: From a Real Twitter SRE
Twitter supposedly lost around 80% of its work force. What ever the real number is, there are whole teams with out engineers on it now. Yet, the website goes on and the tweets keep coming. This left a lot wondering what exactly was going on with all those engineers and made it seem like it was all just bloat. I’d like to explain my little corner of Twitter (though it wasn’t
For #mondog here’s a throwback to the #bincident I discovered at 6am one morning….
Evan PhoenixTo all mastodon admins:
Hi! I’m Evan Phoenix, the primary author of puma, the ruby webserver that powers mastodon!
Please reply or DM me if you need tuning help! I’ve got no officiation with the mastodon, just want to see you succeed!
(Quick Tip: set WEB_CONCURRENCY to core count * 1.5 and then tune MAX_THREADS. High thread values will see diminishing returns!)
FediTips has moved!If you want to see Mastodon at its best, strongly recommend these options:
Android - Use apps Tusky or Fedilab
iPhone/iPad - Use apps Metatext or Toot!
💻 Computers - Log in through your server's website
Mastodon was designed for websites and third party apps. These are *still* the best ways to use Mastodon!
(Official app exists because new people were only looking for an official app in app stores, and giving up when they didn't find one. You don't need to use it!)
Due to excessive busy-ness I’m a couple of episodes behind the latest on #Andor but it’s definitely one of my favourite shows to date. Not perfect, but it’s best parts shine very bright.