Suddenly my server started getting thousands of requests per minute and my varnish cache hit rate jumped to 99%. Thank god for varnish!

Looks like the reddit blackout is #1 on the frontpage of hackernews, and this article is #2.

• https://news.ycombinator.com/

I actually posted this article to hackernews, but I never got a single upvote. This isn’t my first time getting on the frontpage of hackernews, but it always happens when someone else reposts my link.

Can anyone tell me how the fuck hackernews’ algorithm works to where I can’t ever get traction but someone else does after me?

I think the description would be too long and clutter the table. I’d be down for descriptions on-hover, but I’d have to switch platforms (from GitHub markdown) for that afaik.

You can also get the country from this list. I don’t know how they do it (maybe IP lookup)

• https://https//the-federation.info/platform/73

You mean like https://mastodon.world and https://lemmy.world? Do you have other examples?

I think at the top, just above the “Recommended” <h2> add:

For a more detailed comparison of Lemmy instances, see:

<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances">Awesome-Lemmy-Instances on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://the-federation.info/platform/73">the-federation.info Lemmy Instances Page</a></li>
<li><a href="https://lemmymap.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmymap</a></li>
</ul>

After you create an account, you can find communites across all instances using <a href="https://browse.feddit.de/">Feddit's Lemmy Community Browser</a>

<h2>Recommended</h2>
...

oh shit I wish I knew that existed before XD

I’m literally just asking the instance’s API how many users it has:

• https://links.dartboard.social/api/v3/site

Check the users_active_month field. How your instance calculates that is a question for the lemmy devs ;D

I see TypeScript and get scared. Personally, I do think that the join-lemmy.org/instances page should link to:

1. My table comparison https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
2. The Lemmy Community Browser (to find communities across all instances) https://browse.feddit.de/
3. The Lemmy Map https://lemmymap.feddit.de/
4. The federation’s lemmy page (with another table comparing instances) https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Can anyone with TypeScript experience make this PR for us? Here’s the relevant file:

• https://github.com/LemmyNet/joinlemmy-site/blob/main/src/shared/components/instances.tsx

Because I had a bug. Fixing now :)

Hmm, I see community_creation_admin_only is set to false on the API. I’ll look into this, thanks for letting me know :)

• https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/api/v3/site

Edit: should be fixed now. Please let me know if you find any other issues :)

Hi Lemmy!

I make BusKill laptop kill cords that make your computer lock, shutdown, or self-destruct if the device is physically separated from you.

This protects your (encrypted) data from theft, which can be useful for digital nomads and cryptotraders working in cafes/coworking spaces. But our target audience is journalists, activists, and human rights workers in oppressive regimes.

• https://buskill.in/

Both the hardware and the software are open-source (CC-BY-SA, GPLv3). We manufacture the hardware with injection molding, but if you have a 3D-printer, then you can take a stab at our 3D-printable prototype.

• https://www.buskill.in/3d-print-2023-04/

…And apparently I’m doing (minor) contributions to lemmy these days too