An Informal Status Update

Hello again! I didn't really want to write a full metrics and updates article for this month as it's been too soon, but still wanted to say hello and let everyone know what I'm working on. Things have been very very busy lately. This is also the second time I've had to write this article as I accidentally closed the tab and wiped it. Oops.

Discussing Moderation of Terrorist Content on Pomf

Hello dear reader! I come to you another thousand miles away from the datacenter, to write an article to clarify some nuances around how I handle terrorist content on Pomf. Terrorist content can be defined as any video or material related to a domestic, international, extremist or other terrorist incident or organization, such as a recording of it or a propaganda video.

March 2023 Updates and Metrics

It's been a while since I've done one of these! Hello again, dear metrics nerds. There's been a lot since November's last metrics update that I'll run through, and then all the near-term future projects I'll go over:

Updates:

Historical updates are as follows:

Hosting Stuff From Home (Safely)

It occurs to me that I've never written an article on the most important foundational architecture decision I took, which is the method in which I use to publish things from my home safely and reliably.

Let's dive in. I'll try to make this one a simple article so it's more accessible to the masses. Self hosting is a good thing for anyone to do, after all, as it fights centralization!

Note: This article was last updated on August 4th, 2023.

The Redundant LAN Project

Another project complete! This one stretched one of my weakest skills - networking.

The Problem:

So, every server previously had two network connections - one dedicated to the management network, and one dedicated to the host network. Both of these connections were 10Gbit connections, via SFP+ fiber transceivers. However, if a transceiver, cable, NIC or even the entire switch crapped out, that host was toast, because both connections needed to stay up at all times. This scenario happened twice in recent memory: