Kbin has seen a staggering amount of growth in the past few weeks, and with it a bunch of discussion about issues and bugs.
Constructive criticism will help make kbin even greater, but i wanted to take some time to appreciate how great of an app it has been to use these past few weeks, and to the sole developer @ernest for all the long hours put in to keep things running smoothly.
Keep up the great work!
Always up for appreciating Ernest!
Thanks for all your hard work @ernest! We appreciate it!
I couldn’t login for a week. Trying to test comments now.
You the real deal?
I can’t read your comment. Have you tried turning your computer off and on again?
Hold the fucking phone.
Are you really who you say?
looks with sideways squintYeah, we’re going to need proof re: your user name suspicious Fry glance.jpg
Poem_for_your_sprog
Is it … Is it really you, Sam?!
HE RETURNS
Sprog is the cat we all know and love
I’ve asked myself: ‘will he make the move?’
Sprog’s poems make life a little more fun
Hard to accept this joy might be done
Signs of life are a blessing from above!
I want to like kbin, and it’s so close to being good……
Woah why did you summon me
I guess because he used Mastodon, and Mastodon seems a bit off when using Kbin or Lemmy.
Coffee bought; thank you, Ernest!
Dropped something in to help with costs. This thing really should be community funded.
Good luck Ernest!
Kbin has been my go-to since migrating, I hope it continues on this trajectory. He is doing a great job!
Get that Patreon going.
Pretty shocking that one person can maintain an instance after a mass migration from another platform while also developing the software among other things in his life. Need time management tips from him, lol.
Huge kudos to Ernest for maintaining such a great site, completely as a volunteer service at that.
Wow ;) I’m incredibly lucky to have come across people like you. The authors of those posts are actually right - managing /kbin is a significant challenge nowadays. It requires extensive knowledge and experience to keep it under control. But also I’ve never hidden that fact - the information about it is placed at the very top of the repository’s readme ;) However, as I mentioned, a lot is changing very quickly https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/122333/Fediverse-won-t-replace-Reddit-as-long-as-Lemmy-is-the#entry-comment-478779. And we’re all working hard on it, to improve and automate as many things as possible. Thanks to all of you, I believe I can face it head-on, and together we can create a better place. Better internet. Not just this instance, but cooperation between platforms is the key here.
Unfortunately, there are delays occurring again - I’ve decided that smooth website operation will be the priority this time. There are approximately 450k tasks waiting in the queue, and everything will be handled, but it will take some time. Today, we’re also conducting final tests of the new infrastructure. It’s taking a while because we’re documenting templates that can later be used by others to create their own instances. I hope these are the last issues we have to endure ;)
Thanks for everything.
What you’ve done here is truly impressive. Reach out to the community when you need help and stay healthy. It’s clear you know what you’re doing and thanks for all the hard work!
Thanks for all the work you do, and I hope you find it rewarding. Most of all, look after yourself mentally and physically. The same goes for the whole team.
The fact you are being transparent and honest about your work and plans for the future, is a huge bonus. Even admitting to setback and problems, is refreshing. I certainly don’t expect a super human running the show, and everything to be perfect. If anything, that would make me question the place and avoid it. So many places talk rubbish, spewing out a word salad, but actually say nothing. Even worse, they say one thing and do the precise opposite. You come across as … well, the total opposite of Spez and those running Deaditt.
Thank you for the hard work and much love!
thank you for your hard work and transparency ernest ♡
I’m a firm believer there can never be too many thanks you’s given so: Thank you ernest and everyone working on this.
I myself don’t have much php experience other than one small site that i run, but i hope in the future i can too contribute to this project. But that said i do have somewhat more linux experience and if you or anyone here needs help with anything feel free to shoot me a message.I just logged in and noticed the updated reputation counting system. Ernest is a man of his word, y’all. I know we’re in good hands and look forward to seeing where things go in the future. Really appreciate all your hard work
Maybe it is time to start appointing some additional moderators to the biggest magazines.
(Obligatory thank you for all that you’ve done for us!)
You’re doing an incredible job.
Excited to see where /kbin goes from here! Thank you for the hard work you’re putting into this!
Thank you for putting the time into this. I’m really enjoying what you’re creating here and I look forward to all it can become. Please pace yourself and find help where you can. Don’t burn yourself out!
Hopefully migration to k8s will be soon and will go smooth!
You are partaking in a true internet revolution man
The status update about queue-size etc is really valuable. I wonder if it might be possible to have a little status space in the sidebar
Feel free to buy him a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin
Thanks, I’ve been looking for that all day. It’s a measure of the man that it’s so hard to find!
Dropped my nickel in the tin. Hopefully Ernest will bank this rush for future costs.
Funny how it’s easy to donate to a brilliantly run instance like this, but I wouldn’t give spez a penny if he begged for it.
Yeah totally. On the other hand it’s be fun to give spez some pennies, one at a time at high velocity like
I’d give Spez some pennies, but I’d make sure they have lots of sealer on them. For old time’s sake.
Hopefully more people contribute, and on a regular basis. Even if everyone on average double the default amount, it’s only like $7500 so far, which isn’t that much in the scheme of things.
I went to donate but didn’t want to give my credit card number to a random website. I’d feel way better about it if there was a PayPal option.
It supports ApplePay if that’s any use
@zalack You may want to look into “disposable” credit card number services that some institutions offer. Eg, see https://www.online-tech-tips.com/cool-websites/5-reputable-disposable-credit-card-number-services/
Just bought him another 3 coffees. Will have to make it a monthly thing.
