Tonight, Log­a­rchism will undergo a soft­ware upgrade. It’s noth­ing earth-​​shattering, but here’s what to expect from it:

  • Bet­ter per­for­mance: The new soft­ware uses server resources more effi­ciently. Our tests show that the page starts load­ing 50% faster, and fin­ishes load­ing about 30% sooner.
  • More capac­ity: Dur­ing the Wis­con­sin recall results, we had so much traf­fic that it was over­load­ing our server. The upgrade should increase our capacity.
  • Some visual changes: The changes will be pretty sub­tle, but they’re designed to make it eas­ier to use the site. I also fixed the com­ment pre­view but­ton, which I acci­den­tally broke about a week ago.

Wait­ing in the wings are some addi­tional per­for­mance improve­ments, and a WYSIWYG com­ment inter­face that looks very promising.

If you hap­pen to be on the site late tonight while the upgrade is hap­pen­ing, you will see a main­te­nance mes­sage. The whole oper­a­tion should take well under a half hour.