PLEASE BOOST: I recently migrated from @atomicpoet@firefish.social to @atomicpoet@firefish.city, but unfortunately, I lost about 5,000 followers in the process. I knew that migrating would come with some risks, but I never anticipated losing so many amazing followers.

If you used to follow me but somehow got left behind, I would really appreciate it if you could spare a moment to re-follow me at @atomicpoet@firefish.city. Your support means the world to me, and I'd love to continue sharing my journey with you. Thanks a bunch!

We may have to incur some downtime tomorrow, starting at 8 AM Pacific Time and ending within a few hours (hopefully less). Shifting some things around with the servers that run ScyllaDB, specifically, disk file system optimizations. This'll make things go from fast to suuuuuper fast!! #Firefish #FirefishSocial ​:scylla_winner_number_one:​

WE ARE SO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The server will probably be slow for the next couple hours or so as it catches up on 2 days of missed federation

Firefish.social will be going down in 5 minutes to begin the upgrade to ScyllaDB

@AnguaDelphine I can see where you're coming from, but the poll seems to heavily be leaning for the morning. Might be a better idea to do it when I'm less tired and have more coffee in my system too.

Preparations are DONE. The server will likely have to be down for 2-3 hours, so...

(for reference, I'm in PDT)

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ScyllaDB is happening tonight. Get ready for everything to feel faster, smoother, and less error-ey.

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RE: https://firefish.social/notes/9ju6n6pnolftz1b9

@kkarhan@mstdn.social @namekuji@firefish.social it's fully optional, but "scalability" is a highly complex and intricate subject regarding software development and deployment and not one monolithic thing. In many cases, ScyllaDB is far more scalable than PostgreSQL. Different tools for different jobs.

Fetching this specific post was bugged when refederating, but I want to extend my thanks to @victor@tooters.org and their mod team for owning up to their mistake, apologizing, and overall handling the situation in a very mature way. ❤️

Bugged emoji reacts have been fixed, sorry 'bout that

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@esm@lethallava.land @experiencer@lethallava.land For reference, on firefish.social, if we find you're under 13, we'll suspend your account until you're 13. However, we will never ask you for your ID to be scanned by a human or machine to verify your age.

In the next 2 to 3 days, Firefish.social will be switching from PostgreSQL to ScyllaDB for storing notes (posts) and their related data. As you may know, the way timelines are built (as inherited from Misskey) is very slow and inefficient and buggy, and this problem has been exacerbated for a while on Firefish.social. This completely changes how notes are stored and how timelines are built, and in testing, these changes have been shown to be more efficient than the previous methods by an extremely significant factor.

I'd like to extend my extreme gratitude to @namekuji for developing this branch, as a team member on Firefish, they've done some frankly incredible work and deserve recognition for this feat and everything else they've done for Firefish. ❤️

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Goddamn that was a big vacuum... dumping db now, will prolly upgrade from 14 to 16 in the morning

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@rxbrad@social.rxbrad.com I wish, it was a deployment specific issue though ^^;

There should be some noticeable performance improvements on firefish.social, specifically with federation.

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Hey there! Just wanted to drop a friendly reminder about something important. When sharing GIFs or animations that have rapidly blinking lights, it's really helpful to put them behind a content warning. This is because these types of material can be troublesome for people who are photosensitive or dealing with epilepsy. By doing so, we can ensure a more inclusive and safe environment for everyone here on firefish.social. Neglecting to label these GIFs or animations may result in a potential account suspension. Thanks for understanding! 😊

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We're currently experiencing some problems with our DragonflyDB server, so performance may be impacted at this time.

Sorry about that strange issue where replies weren't showing, that was quickly fixed.

Hi everyone! Give a warm welcome to our newest addition to the moderator team @damon !!

Apologies for the downtime -- the version bump was expected to take ~1 minute, but ended up taking ~5 minutes due to a package version mismatch.