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Good morning, afternoon, and evening!

We're doing some database and other light server maintenance this weekend (upgrading the version of MySQL we use in particular, but also probably doing some CDN work.)

I expect all of this to be pretty invisible except for some small "couple of minute" blips as we switch between machines, but there's a chance you will notice something untoward. I'll keep an eye on comments as per usual.

Ta for now!

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October 22nd, 2025: This continues the tale of Timmy, who you'll remember we first encountered in 2013 and then 2018! In 2018 I said you'd have to read for six more years to find out what Timmy did next and I didn't lie! You had to read for six more years and then some extra time too. Thanks to Jan for the reminder!!

– Ryan

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DW is seeing some issues due to today's Amazon outage. For right now it looks like the site is loading, but it may be slow. Some of our processes like notifications and journal search don't appear to be running and can't be started due to rate limiting or capacity issues. DW could go down later if Amazon isn't able to improve things soon, but our services should return to normal when Amazon has cleared up the outage.

Edit: all services are running as of 16:12 CDT, but there is definitely still a backlog of notifications to get through.

Edit 2: and at 18:20 CDT everything's been running normally for about the last hour.
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October 17th, 2025next

October 17th, 2025: Today I fly back from Paris! So far I can say it IS indeed a pretty good town. That's right: I said it. I am prepared to go on the record with the sentiment that Paris is "pretty good". CANCEL ME IF YOU MUST

– Ryan