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Today has been a mess of interruptions so I didn't get much chance to work on the issues, but here's a quick summary of where we are:
Today has been a mess of interruptions so I didn't get much chance to work on the issues, but here's a quick summary of where we are:
* images sometimes will upload, but sometimes take effectively forever
* images sometimes will upload, but sometimes take effectively forever
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* The obstacle, however, is that the failsafe upgrade script set up for me by ghost!admin isn't working.
* The obstacle, however, is that the failsafe upgrade script set up for me by ghost!admin isn't working.
* That script is written in {{l/wp|Nix (package manager)|Nix}} (the entire site is now running under {{L/wp|NixOS}}), so in order to debug it I need to understand a bit more about Nix.
* That script is written in {{l/wp|Nix (package manager)|Nix}} (the entire site is now running under {{L/wp|NixOS}}), so in order to debug it I need to understand a bit more about Nix.
==The Nix Issue==
The first step in the upgrade is to start Nix on my desktop -- but I get an error when I do that:
woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix develop
error: experimental Nix feature 'nix-command' is disabled; use '--extra-experimental-features nix-command' to override


My recollection is that I tried the <code>--extra-experimental-features</code> option the last time I ran into this (several months ago), and that led to another dead-end -- but I suppose I could try it again and document that.
I put the tech stuff in a subpage: [[/Nix issue]]
 
==Funds==
For now, however, this is where I am stuck.
* The server ''was'' costing $48/mo (DigitalOcean).
* Last night, I doubled the CPU and RAM (to 8vCPUs, 16 GB RAM); we're now burning $96/mo, as long as I keep it at that level.
** It's not actually clear how much it helped. I'll have more data to look at after a day or two. The queue was getting longer all this afternoon, after having gotten almost cleared this morning.
* I'm not sure exactly what the current revenue is.
** A lot of new donations came in over the past week; I'm not sure what portion were one-time.
** Prior to this week, monthly revenue was somewhere around $80-110. If that keeps up, then we go from "having a little extra for personal support" to "maybe breaking even".
** I... should probably talk about my [family's/personal] financial situation at some point, but that gets complicated. TLDR: overworked, underfunded, unemployed.
* Yes, I do plan to do some fundraising -- but I kind of want to [https://toot.cat/@woozle/109310543266479370 fix things first].

Latest revision as of 18:20, 20 November 2022

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (#312)
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Today has been a mess of interruptions so I didn't get much chance to work on the issues, but here's a quick summary of where we are:

  • images sometimes will upload, but sometimes take effectively forever
  • This may be due to needing an upgrade; see clar fon's post.
  • Doing a site upgrade was already high on my priority queue; it's now the main thing.
  • The obstacle, however, is that the failsafe upgrade script set up for me by ghost!admin isn't working.
  • That script is written in Nix (the entire site is now running under NixOS), so in order to debug it I need to understand a bit more about Nix.

I put the tech stuff in a subpage: /Nix issue

Funds

  • The server was costing $48/mo (DigitalOcean).
  • Last night, I doubled the CPU and RAM (to 8vCPUs, 16 GB RAM); we're now burning $96/mo, as long as I keep it at that level.
    • It's not actually clear how much it helped. I'll have more data to look at after a day or two. The queue was getting longer all this afternoon, after having gotten almost cleared this morning.
  • I'm not sure exactly what the current revenue is.
    • A lot of new donations came in over the past week; I'm not sure what portion were one-time.
    • Prior to this week, monthly revenue was somewhere around $80-110. If that keeps up, then we go from "having a little extra for personal support" to "maybe breaking even".
    • I... should probably talk about my [family's/personal] financial situation at some point, but that gets complicated. TLDR: overworked, underfunded, unemployed.
  • Yes, I do plan to do some fundraising -- but I kind of want to fix things first.
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