news: The New Code

Brad Fitzpatrick (

bradfitz) wrote in

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@ 2002-02-02 01:40:00

The New Code
LiveJournal's now running The New Code that we've been working on the past number of weeks.

The new code kicks ass in so many ways that I won't try to explain it concisely. I'm not too good at that, anyway. Let's just say the new code is totally sweet.

The new code supports clusters, but we're not using them yet. Tomorrow or so we will be. In the meantime, there's about a billion other things that should make the site faster.

But, there are probably bugs. 6 good bugs were found during the beta test and none have been reported since. But we'll be watching things closely.

More news coming over the next few days as we get the clusters online. We have a ton of new hardware arriving next week. Then we get to start moving users to clusters and things get even faster.

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	nc czircon 2002-02-02 01:47 am UTC (link)
	I see the "nc=x" parameter has disappeared from talkread links. Is that temporary or is it going to be replaced by something else or what? If the answer to this is blatantly obvious somewhere and I'm just being an idiot, don't bother responding. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	Re: nc bradfitz 2002-02-02 01:49 am UTC (link)
	it'll be a user option. some people love it, some people hate it. for now it's off for everybody until somebody that loves it makes the option. :-) (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	chicaboo25 2002-02-02 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Go Brad! Well done to you and the team! :) hugs if I find anything go wrong or find any bugs I will let you guys know! Take care! :) (Reply to this)

	chicky 2002-02-02 02:30 am UTC (link)
	oooOooo..... ninjas..... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	bradfitz 2002-02-02 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Respect the REAL Ultimate Power! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sari 2002-02-02 03:24 am UTC (link)
	hip :) (Reply to this)

	leprosy 2002-02-02 03:52 am UTC (link)
	Pages are popping up so fast, I thought I was hitting the cache at first. It'll be interesting to see what happens as the load increases today. (Reply to this)

	actorjpmc69 2002-02-02 06:26 am UTC (link)
	Hey, My post are not posting on my journal. Theyare posting to someone elses. Can you help? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	roy 2002-02-02 10:13 am UTC (link)
	www.livejournal.com/support/ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aerojad 2002-02-02 07:44 am UTC (link)
	does any of these nifty new code thingies mean that we will have to rewrite anything for any custom code we made for the apperance of our journals? {okay maybe im confused with the S2 project?} scratches head (Reply to this)

	YES! ninamazing 2002-02-02 07:51 am UTC (link)
	Nice work, everybody . . . you guys are so dedicated that it's hard not to get excited about everything that happens. =) (Reply to this)

	dainichijess 2002-02-02 07:58 am UTC (link)
	Are we going to have to download a new client? (Reply to this) (Thread)

mart
2002-02-02 11:48 am UTC (link)

Not for this, but for the next big change it will be a good idea unless you only ever post in English... LiveJournal's changing so that it can support non-roman characters properly, so people who want to be able to type in say, Cyrillic, will need a new version of their favourite client when the time comes.

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	Strange window dudeofopinion 2002-02-02 08:49 am UTC (link)
	A couple of times when I have gone to a friends' journal a window pops up asking for my network name and password and the resource is called "FUCK_OFF_JOURNAL_LOSER" It's popped up on two journals I've checked so far. Naturally I did not enter anything, but it kinda worried me. (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	Re: Strange window lucretio 2002-02-02 08:55 am UTC (link)
	http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=20144107 http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=20153892 http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=20167141 http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=21451791 http://www.livejournal.com/support (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	maltor 2002-02-02 08:52 am UTC (link)
	Did this code change remove the fuck-authority block or is something else going on? We've had a few support requests opened about it this morning: 34383, 34374 and 34364. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	xenofalcon 2002-02-02 01:18 pm UTC (link)
	Yes. I noted it on the test servers. Tell them to get new friends or something. ;-) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xb95 2002-02-02 09:01 am UTC (link)
	Yo, awesome! :) Give a shout out if you want to get together for any of the hardware installation, software conversion, whatnot. Good luck either way! I've got my fingers crossed. (Reply to this)

	spacegirllost 2002-02-02 09:42 am UTC (link)
	seem to be having a little problem with my personal info. i was changing my bio yesterday. today i noticed a mistake and tried to change it but no changes seem to be saving at all. every time i look at my bio it's the same. i go back into "personal info" and the code and all is exactly the way it was before i made the changes. ??? weird. would this be a bug? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greensparkles 2002-02-02 11:57 am UTC (link)
	a lot of people have also had problems, judging by the numerous requests about this on the support board. does anyone know the details? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sasha 2002-02-02 09:47 am UTC (link)
	Will this mean a return of location searches? I'm dying for it to come back... (Reply to this) (Thread)

	tgape 2002-02-02 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	As I understand it, no. But it makes it more possible. Basically, location searches come back sometime after everybody's moved to clusters. (The clustering takes care of the main performance issues, and then bradfitz and everybody has time to get location searches reimplemented in a nice, server-friendly fashion.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	etherpunk 2002-02-02 10:27 am UTC (link)
	Looks nice. I'm glad to see the clustering is coming along so well. It's something I know has been your baby for a while, and the codebase seems to be a lot more stable this time around. That being said, good luck with the switchover :) (Reply to this)

	duana 2002-02-02 10:54 am UTC (link)
	The width of my friends page is all wrong! The text just goes on forever and does not wrap. This has only happened recently so is it caused by the new code? (It's not just me it happens to either, other lj users have commented on it.) (Reply to this) (Thread)(Expand)

	guppygrrl 2002-02-02 11:12 am UTC (link)
	Same here. But since it started before Brad implemented all these changes (at least a week ago, for me...), I doubt it has anything to do with the new nifty stuffs. grin Have you tried opening a support request about it? http://www.livejournal.com/support/ ~Kissy (Reply to this) (Parent)

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	Bug? anton 2002-02-02 12:49 pm UTC (link)
	Why I can's change my bio and interests? They're just doesn't savings. Is it a bug? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: Bug? edgrimm 2002-02-02 03:25 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently. It even has a patch in review, and everything! (So it's basically just a matter of giving people enough time to look it over until Brad feels confident enough to ~~muck with the production servers and BREAK EVERYTHING~~ release the new code to production.) (Reply to this) (Parent)

bug on friendspage

ccupguy
2002-02-02 04:00 pm UTC (link)

It doesn't bother me, but I just noticed that a few posts from jan 4th are appearing on my friendspage. And judging by the comments on them, other people are seeying those posts on their pages too.

http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=22243403
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/ccupguy/friends

Saw that on 2nd and 3rd February :)
Otherwise -> No problems except that Opera seems to be updating friendspages differently than IExplorer 6 (Reloads yield different results).
Thought you might want to know.
Great work.
ccup.

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	many reports of new icons not uploading properly broken_angel 2002-02-02 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	There are at least four reports in the support area that new icons aren't uploading properly. I've had this problem as well. (I'm using that broken icon at the moment, called "george") Just wanted to bring it to your attention. You guys are awesome! I'm so grateful for this site! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: many reports of new icons not uploading properly matrices 2002-02-02 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, its making me sad. I removed one of my icons to upload a new one, it was broken, I thought there was something wrong with the pic. then I tried reuploading the icon I used to have, because I was sure nothing was wrong with it, but it was broken, too. So I assume its something wrong with the system. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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	00goddess 2002-02-02 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	The site is running uber vast, and I have my LJ fix. aaaaahhhhh. Thanks for the hard work. (Reply to this)

	twon 2002-02-02 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	Please sir, return the database. How I long for it. I check it everyday! Only you hold the power. Ok, maybe thats not true, but I can pretend. Yay clusters!! (Reply to this)

Does that have anything to do with my problem?

jaywalking
2002-02-03 04:32 am UTC (link)

I started my journal at 3am on Saturday, and so when you guys had to go down, I could not immediately post my entry. But then I also could not post on SUnday morning around the same time. By 7:30 am Saturday I was free and clear, but it is that same time today and I really want to post but I can't. I love the journal, and in a month or two I will even start paying for it: Not because I want more features, but because I want to support it. I want to be online at 3am and off long before sunrise. Will I be able to? I guess that's what I am wondering. Sorry I rambled...

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	scottks 2002-02-03 07:44 am UTC (link)
	I can't post to my journal --neither with the client nor the update page. (Reply to this)

Possible bug (or unlikeable feature) in notification to Netscape 4.7 users

level_head
2002-02-03 10:19 am UTC (link)

I am a new user of LJ - kudos on a fine product and team!

I am using NS 4.7 under W2K, and have Notify on, which works very well.

When replying, using the form included in the message, touching the {Delete} key instantly kills the entire message including, of course, the reply.

I have examined Netscape for possible settings to address this, to no avail. I also do not know if this is a very recent situation, as I noticed this Friday 2/1, just after signing up for LJ.

Good luck with the product and the community!

===|============/ Level Head

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	bug? ccupguy 2002-02-03 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=34628 Thought it would be good to post it here too, since I think this one really is a bug. byeooo :) ccup. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: bug? bradfitz 2002-02-03 03:17 pm UTC (link)
	Nope. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)(Expand)

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