Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.

Xander ,'First Date'


Buffistas Building a Better Board ++

Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


Jesse - Oct 05, 2022 8:18:44 am PDT #4646 of 4671
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Thanks, Gud! Oh, related to the board -- are we still on Dreamhost?


Gudanov - Oct 05, 2022 11:04:01 am PDT #4647 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping

No. We are on Digital Ocean.


Jesse - Oct 05, 2022 11:07:15 am PDT #4648 of 4671
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Ah ha -- I am still paying Dreamhost. Will cancel that!


Jesse - Oct 05, 2022 11:29:57 am PDT #4649 of 4671
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

...Actually, would you go in and confirm that's fine? You should have access to the account.


javachik - Oct 06, 2022 4:03:02 pm PDT #4650 of 4671
Our wings are not tired.

Hi Gud, thanks for the update and for all of your work here. Do you have the ability to threadsuck in the queue for upgrades/updates? Thanks!


Gudanov - Oct 14, 2022 8:01:46 am PDT #4651 of 4671
Coding and Sleeping

I should probably log into Dreamhost and download everything. I can try to do that this weekend.

Threadsuck is in the queue, but with the move and a big project at work, things are moving slow. The number one item is to overhaul authentication to make logging in smoother (I took most of the code from a guide on Rails authentication and it really hasn't worked as well as I'd like). Ideally, I'd go full OAuth2 with Auth0's free plan, but getting that to work with legacy accounts (people on the old board who have never logged into the current board) could be really tricky and I'm not sure how smooth I could make linking up the current accounts. Leaning toward using Spring Security and porting things to Java since that's the stack I'm most experienced with.


javachik - Oct 14, 2022 4:25:47 pm PDT #4652 of 4671
Our wings are not tired.

Thanks! That makes sense, and I don’t mean to be a pain about it. I just wasn’t sure if it was part of the plan - apologies if you’ve previously answered and I forgot. I forget a lot these days. Thanks for all that you do for the board!


Vortex - Feb 01, 2023 10:43:04 pm PST #4653 of 4671
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

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Karl - Mar 28, 2023 11:54:41 am PDT #4654 of 4671
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

Gudanov, whatever you did recently to change the login/cookie retention, it worked. I am no longer having to re-login every second or third time I visit the site.

Thank you, for that and for all the work you do on the site.


Tom Scola - Mar 28, 2023 12:06:34 pm PDT #4655 of 4671
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I just closed my browser and reopened it, and had to log in again. I don't see that anything changed.