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By the way:
As a consumer of the public ORCID API, Encyclia is not allowed to generate revenue. To be on the safe side, we don't accept donations either. However, we are happy to be making a modest contribution out of our private pockets to @fedify on @opencollective here: https://opencollective.com/fedify
If you'd like to donate some money to improve Encyclia's functionality and reliability, @fedify is the best place to do so! 🙂
Dear @gotosocial users: we see you, even though you can't see us! 🥲
Well, you can see this account. But any accounts hosted on https://encyclia.pub aren't visible to you.
The way we use @fedify, the ActivityPub framework that powers our connections, uncovers some issues in the code. Curious fedi developers can find details here: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/473
Attempts at workarounds have sadly been fruitless, so please join us in waiting for a fix in Fedify. ❤️🩹
The direct cause of the server lag has been fixed and Encyclia has been stable for the past 12h. The speed isn't where it should be yet, but you should be able to look up accounts, follow them, and visit the website without timeouts or error messages. 😀
The next thing we're working on are improvements for interoperability edge cases, which will be invisible for most of you. But making sure other servers can properly talk to us reduces the technical burden for everyone involved.
Initial status: so far the server is not copying very well with public traffic. 😓 Please be patient and perhaps check back in another day.
Tech talk: From what I can tell, any erroneous behavior you might be seeing (unable to search or follow accounts, error messages on the website about timeouts or proxies) all result from the software struggling to keep up with requests.
Edit: I think we're all good now! The cause of the slowdowns is fixed. 🙂 Anyone still having problems with the accounts?
The day has come: Encyclia.pub is launching its alpha test! https://encyclia.pub/alpha 😲
A few courageous volunteers have made their ORCID records available on the Fediverse. Click the link for the full list and consider following some of them!
The intent of the alpha test is to verify interoperability and functionality, and to monitor performance and server resource use.
Reminder: Encyclia bridges ORCID records into the Fediverse. See https://encyclia.pub for details. 🙂
Development update:
I just posted the first change to the progress tracker in a while. https://encyclia.pub/roadmap#progress
Integration work for PostgreSQL and parity with SQLite is now mostly finished, only performance still needs fine-tuning. This means that large Encyclia deployments can use a “real” hosted database, while small installations can run off just the file system. 🙂 Encyclia has also started using the LogTape library by @hongminhee.
We're getting perilously close to the alpha test! 😲