Ruud

Freelance Database Administrator.
Father of 2.
Husband of 1.
Music collector.
Pool player.
Admin of mastodon.world / lemmy.world / photofed.world / musicworld.social / sharkey.world / bookwyrm.world / friendica.world / piefed.world
He/Him

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Personal account: @ruud

2026-02-04

@eyesquash Don't know if you fixed this but clearing the browser data for the site helped in my case.
I have made some changes to the nginx config on the server to prevent this issue in the future.

Ruud boosted:
2026-02-03

Exploring the **Fediverse**? 🌐 I wrote a practical guide on what Home, Local, and Federated timelines mean, how to get started on Android with Tusky & Fedilab, and where to find me online.

Read the full post here: hive.blog/fediverse/@rubenstor

#fediverse #decentralized #socialmedia #android #opensource #technology #privacy #community #hive #blog #hiveblog #cheatsheet #howto #mastodon #tusky #fedilab #friendica #guide

2026-02-03

Mastodon.World :mw: was upgraded to Mastodon v4.5.6 github.com/mastodon/mastodon/r

2026-02-02

@quintessence Woohoo, I got to meet all 4 of you this year :-)

@andypiper @Gina @_elena

2026-02-02

@dansup @noordsestern Yes I got some of these as well :-) Awesome collection of stickers! I need more laptops to put them on!

Ruud boosted:
2026-02-01

iPhanpy is now available on the App Store too!

I wrote a blog post detailing what it is and why you might like it.

fantinel.dev/blog/iphanpy-mast

And if you want to just go ahead and download it, here's the App Store link: apps.apple.com/app/iphanpy-for

#phanpy

Ruud boosted:
2026-01-31
Het is een klein wereldje op #FOSDEM hoor, zonder enige planning ben ik @Ruud, @Systeemkabouter, @Jelle Haandrikman πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ en @Piratenpartij Delft al tegen het lijf gelopen.
2026-01-31

@NoOnesRival
Yes I am talking to them about this right now at #fosdem #mastodon
@Mastodon

2026-01-30

@haubles @andypiper I'll surely see you guys there tomorrow!

2026-01-30

@hans
OH maar ik zit wel midden in de stad, maar dat is niet vlakbij fosdem ☺️

2026-01-29

@_elena Non parlo ancora italiano..
I’m not even close to being able to have a conversation in Italian!

See you in Brussels!

2026-01-29

@eyesquash I’m starting to see the 502 as well. I'll investigate as soon as I have some time.

2026-01-29

Leaving for Brussels tomorrow, a day later than planned due to circumstances. I'll miss half of Fosdem PGDay, but I'll be in time for the main event. I'll go by car, as soon as traffic allows.. Normally a 75 minute drive from here.

Anyone wanna meet and talk about Fediverse, Mastodon, Postgres etc, just let me know.

#fosdem

2026-01-29

@hans I stay in MotelOne, that's not close but I'm driving to the event early in the morning, if you want a ride..

2026-01-29

@neiman We might meet, I plan to be n that room almost all day :-)

Ruud boosted:
2026-01-29

If you see this, please don't feel obligated to donate. Merely sharing this is more than enough.

This is my family

gofundme.com/f/standing-with-l

2026-01-27

@photovince
Ja dat klopt. En sinds Boinc vind ik het niet meer leuk...

2026-01-26

Ohh lol I found back my old Seti@Home account. I can still login (though Seti is no longer active...)

SETI@home member since 21 Oct 1999

2026-01-26

@eyesquash Hmm, I don't see that on my end, could you try clearing the browser cache for this site?

Ruud boosted:
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2026-01-23

Didn't want to troubleshoot the pgbouncer container, so I just removed it from the stack. I also re-configured the sidekiq containers, scaled down from 44 to 10 containers. (1100 to 250 threads)

We once had over 100.000 monthly active users, but that's down to 7600 now.

I'll also plan a migration to a new server, we need less CPU and RAM, and more disk. And the database should be upgraded from Postgres 14 to 18.
#mastoadmin

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Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst