Mike Johnston / is on Nostr

My name is Mike and I am a software dev, content creator and music producer. Some of those get more of my spare time than others in order to keep the lights on. My passion is tech in general and imparting what potential wisdom or humor I can onto the world.
I'm not much of an expert on anything but I know a little about a lot. I consider myself adventurous but my priorities are practical.
Backup account: Mike Johnston (npub13ta…qure)

tracert_: Guelph, Ontario eh? 🇨🇦 🍁
init_: Sept 1990 💾
whois_: Developer 💻
tree_: Wife (1) 💍 Son (1) 👦
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keybase: https://keybase.io/thatmikej
pgp: https://home.omg.lol/keychain/munsta/pgp

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2024-06-20 15:32:42

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2024-05-23 02:43:33

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ya that's all posts which is what I mean that it's too bad we don't have more "surgical" means of deleting. I'd probably prefer if I didn't delete posts I favorite for example. At any rate yeah in the next few days you should see tons of space restored 💪

2024-05-23 01:54:41

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yeah I only keep 30 days media retention. If I want to see an image or video beyond that I'll just go to the remote instance 😂 it's so much data
Today I cleared out about 200k posts though. Freed up ~5gb of database after doing a VACUUM. Probably not worth the effort but it was a fun experiment

2024-05-23 00:20:23

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I wish there were better tools for cleaning remote data. Inactive remote accounts. Instances where there are no follow[s|ers]. Instances with dead DNS entries, expired SSL certs, 5xx errors... I did a HUGE purge today and it was hard to know what I should delete without accidentally nuking the needles amongst the haystacks - so to speak...

2024-05-21 22:14:57

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I've been guilty of the same thing. MySQL error? Fuck it add zeros to every limit I see in the config.... As a random recent example 😂 it's somewhat part of my "destructive debugging" process. The next step involves deleting large portions of code or files to see if I get a new error. Same error means I'm looking in the wrong place. New error means I'm getting closer 💪 hahaha

2024-05-21 22:00:44

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a quick google tells me: it's not easy! 🎉 Lmao but apparently the media_attachment.rb has what you are looking for 🤔 then service restarts. Good luck! Very annoying issue to have for sure

2024-05-21 22:00:44

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a quick google tells me: it's not easy! 🎉 Lmao but apparently the media_attachment.rb has what you are looking for 🤔 then service restarts. Good luck! Very annoying issue to have for sure

2024-05-21 21:53:47

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the worst part is if I'm counting right I think it's only 1 digit too high. Max int size in js is 9007199254740991 😂

2024-05-21 21:53:47

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the worst part is if I'm counting right I think it's only 1 digit too high. Max int size in js is 9007199254740991 😂

2024-05-21 19:49:40

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Yes, hello. I would like to formally coin the phrase: "Getting FediDoSed." and subsequently "FediDoSing that instance." Thanks.

2024-05-21 19:45:37

LOL when a user with thousands of followers boosts a toot from a small instance and you can just see it crawl to a halt 😬 oops!

2024-05-01 21:14:43

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oh no... At very least this is going to "Streisand Effect" the show. What a idiot 😂