jorts dot horse upgrade path
hey lets just say it: jorts runs like dogshit nowadays, and any of the minor tweaks i've tried to do to fix it have done absolutely nothing
it's my own website, and even i can't get it to load on my phone at all anymore
so, the thing i've been putting off for weeks now (and don't get me wrong ... i will probably put off for a couple more weeks after this post! that's BRAND CONSISTENCY, baby!) is upon us
we need to update
jorts dot horse upgrade path
to be blunt, i don't think updating will fix the problem
i think the problem is that linode is now a pile of horseshit for some reason, probably because they got bought
this diagnosis is brought to you by: vibes
but i'm not going to migrate us onto another webserver or anything like that while we're still running cryptkeeper ass cobwebbed shitcode limping along
and i'm *certainly* not gonna do both of these things at once, because i am lazy
jorts dot horse upgrade path
so i figure...
step one: update jorts
step two: declare the problem solved and ignore it for another month
step three: admit the problem is not solved, ignore it for another few weeks
step four: move us to another webserver or whatever the fuck needs to be done to fix this shit
so!
jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL!
so let's get on with step one! but vanilla masto... stinky. oof. no thank you
so, here's a poll! from talking to folks a while back, hometown and glitch.soc seemed like the best fits -- they give us more features, they don't look like stinky modern masto, and they both include the ability to do local-only posting, something i think we all want
i do not promise to abide by the results of this poll, but make your thoughts known here!
jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL!
@killeveryhetero I don’t have any advice here, but I’d love to chip in a few bucks every month if it’s wanted! Do we have a way of supporting jorts rn?
jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL!
@ruxbat there's a patreon, yeah! server costs are like 50ish per month i think, that may change up or down later when we presumably end up having to move off of linode when updating the software doesn't solve the problem
please don't feel obligated or anything because the server costs are already more than covered by the patreon, but it's: https://www.patreon.com/jortsdothorse
jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL!
@killeveryhetero I don’t know Masto-specific stuff, but I run about $350/mo of infrastructure on Vultr and have had a way better experience than Linode. Not that you know me from anyone else but if there’s anything I can do to help consult, LMK. My day job is software architecture consulting for Fortune 500 companies, but that’s just until I can shitpost full time.
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@killeveryhetero I've no idea which is better, but faster jorts, yes
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@killeveryhetero purely based on curiosity - how about firefish? https://git.joinfirefish.org/firefish/firefish
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@killeveryhetero https://joinfirefish.org/ UI looks better (?) than glitch and hometown
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@killeveryhetero they both sound good to me I can't really choose
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@waitworry that's perfectly fine, i mostly posted the poll for a vibe check anyway
re: :emergency: jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL! :emergency:
@killeveryhetero infosecexchange runs glitch and I've been using the webclient for about a year. the user experience is nicer than any masto app I've tried and every time I try one I find it's missing features and go right back.
The only complaint I have is that long threads with a lot of images (20+) tend to bog down real bad, which they don't seem to in Tusky.
I don't know that glitch will fix issues because I am not a jorts scientist, just wanted to pass on my own experience as an enduser.
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@killeveryhetero Treehouse runs our own fork of glitch-soc and you are welcome to upgrade to that -- the main benefit over regular glitch is you get QUOTE TOOTS. But otherwise, go with glitch, it's much better maintained than hometown.
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@killeveryhetero I voted for something else, but just as a vibe rather than a specific constructive suggestion.
jorts dot horse upgrade path WITH POLL!
@killeveryhetero whatever we upgrade to, we need to make a custom fork exclusively to pin fenster freitag in the trending hashtag box forever
oh, for those with no prior knowledge of hometown and glitch.soc:
hometown: https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown
glitch.soc: https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/