Website performance - Apr. 12 (PDT) update

[dwell]

Hello everyone, here is the update from the weekend. I will cover the 2 points from the previous lj_maintenance posts so we can close the loop on them.

Speed up the way our user information is pulled out of our databases.There were 2 more emergency patches released this weekend that have been helping the situation. We will continue to look at

Comments

[pauamma]

Quote of the whole entry, with the portions you missed highlighted.

Explanation using very simple words of the reason for ignoring your suggestion, with no thanks for submitting it.

Link to each answer to the question.

Marginally snarky comment about the unadvisability of breaking the laws of physics.

Failure to mention lack of any official standing with LiveJournal or SUP.

[alsostartswithb]

ugh damnnit lj I just want my notifications.

[antumbral]

... Yeah, actually modifying your tunables does help.

Better late than never, I guess.

[franky]

We did just finish the mysql upgrades on Friday. We started tuning on Saturday. :)

[leticia]

Just an unrelated performance note:

My access to journals on LJ completely cut out today until I blocked the script for sharethis. Just a note. Sharethis' servers appeared to be non-responsive at that time

It's always risky to make your basic functioning dependent on a third party being up.

[newsbean]

Huh. I've got it blocked and things are running fine for me. Was it temporary?

[leticia]

Blocked or unblocked? It wasn't working -until- I blocked it.

[newsbean]

Reading comprehension FTW. Yeah, I've got it blocked. I block everything by default, so I haven't even tried it on.

[sandelwood]

Thank you for taking our suggestions about the status page into account.