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Budget updates + Trello for Patrons
🕑 Added 2018-10-16 10:14:52 +0000 UTC お久しぶりです～！It's been a while since my last update. To tell the truth, I've been kind of lazy... I've also got some good and bad news.
Starting off with the bad news, because I'm sure that's what everyone wants to see first: Catbox's operating costs have changed by quite a bit. Due to bandwidth limitations (Catbox was capping it's 100 mbit connection almost daily), I've had to upgrade to a 1gbit unmetered connection. This is an increase of $250/month. I was price shocked too, but in the end, I acknowledge the fact that it'll be better for Catbox. With the upgrade, Catbox will be much faster and almost never stutter. Plus, money talks when you're dealing with certain... aspects of companies.
Moving into good news, thumbnails have pretty much completely been generated for Catbox! The view page for your files should load much quicker now, especially on mobile connections. Retroactively generating about 300K~ thumbnails was a little time and CPU consuming, but it's all for the better! Also, Project Lain has decreased in price by about $30.
In addition to this, I'm inviting all of my Patrons to join my Trello board. Think of it like a big "to-do" board. I want to guys to have a more hands-on option with the development of Catbox, so being invited to the board will let you comment and vote on aspects of Catbox's development! I'm also always open for new ideas, so don't be afraid to give suggestions! You'll get an email to your Patreon email in the next couple days with an invite link.
Finally, I'm looking into new ways I can reward my Patrons here. Things like increases to file size, expiring files, personal sub-domains, and other fun stuff. After all, it's thanks to you guys that Catbox has made it almost 3 and a half years! Keep an eye out for another end-of-the-year poll, and any new small changes I may make!
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StongLory
Just recently came across this project and it is amazing, keep up the good work.
