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November 2023 Update

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Brian Pepple
Brian Pepple
Founder of the Metron Project / Code Monkey

Issues Indexed

Not much user-facing development was done in November, but 10,612 issues were added to the database bringing the total number of issues to 88,244. I wish to give big thanks to everyone who has helped with the project. Thanks!

2024 Tasks

I've started working on a list of items that I'm planning to work on in 2024. Here's a partial list:

  • Upgrade Server

    Currently, the server is fairly underpowered (1 GiB Memory, 1 CPU, 25 GiB SSD, 1,000 GiB Transfer) but is able to handle the current load without any particular issues. Based on the current user growth rate, I'm guessing I'll finally need to upgrade sometime in 2024, I'm thinking a fairly minor bump should be sufficient (2 GiB Memory, 1CPU, 50 GiB SSD, 2,000 GiB Transfer)

  • Container Deployment

    Before upgrading the server it makes sense to finally set up the project to use containers (preferably Podman) when deploying the website. If anyone wants to help with this, that would be awesome.

  • Look into Open Collective for Future Funding

    Eventually it will make sense to look at setting up something like Open Collective to help with future server costs. Right now the server costs around $14 a month (not including annual domain name & email hosting costs) so it's not really an issue, but down the road I probably won't want to cover all the costs of the project myself.

    Glancing at the criteria needed for acceptance to the Open Source Collective, it looks like Metron meets most of them, except having 100 stars on Github. So, if you'd like to help the project, one easy way would be to star the repository.

  • Manga / International Support

    It would be nice to make a final decision on whether to support Manga and Non-U.S. issues, right now I'm inclined not to but if we do add support it will necessitate some changes to the database for things like currencies, languages, and such.

I'm sure there will be other smaller items (like tweaking the site's css and such), but these are most items I'll be looking at in 2024. 🎉