Hosting Hachyderm
Friday, Nov 15, 2024 | 1 minute read | Updated at Friday, Nov 15, 2024
Podcast - Ship It!
Published Nov 15, 2024
Summary:
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Scaling Mastodon: Discussed the dramatic increase in user numbers on a Mastodon instance ‘hacker’, which led to scaling infrastructure from a basement server to more robust setups. Focused on ensuring the platform could handle large surges in new users, as seen during a significant exodus from Twitter.
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Technical Infrastructure: The podcast details using simple system architectures without Kubernetes for the simplicity and reduction of complexity. Deployment strategies are mostly manual, involving tasks like SSH access and post-provisioning with some automation tools like Ansible.
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Use of Open Source Technologies: Emphasized the commitment to using open-source technologies such as Postgres for database management and other tools that facilitate AI development in the PostgreSQL environment.
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Community and Moderation: A significant part of the discussion is about community management and moderation, highlighting how maintaining a healthy community is integral to the social network’s operations. It involves moderating content and sometimes defederating from servers that don’t align with community standards.
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Future Considerations and Innovations: Touched upon future concerns and potential adaptations, such as dealing with possibly hostile federated networks or large platforms pushing unwanted content or ads through federation mechanisms, which could change the platform’s approach to open federations and its community dynamics.
Link to the episode: YouTube