Reading up on Lobsters
2 deep · digging since apr 10
- lobste.rs is now running on SQLite
Lobsters successfully moved from MariaDB to SQLite, cutting CPU and memory use, halving VPS costs, and keeping the site responsive after migration.
- What are your programming "hunches" you haven't yet investigated?
Lobsters commenters share uninvestigated programming hunches, including accessibility-first GUI toolkits, 32-bit pointers on 64-bit systems, property-based infrastructure, MUD-style chat, and user-controlled theming.