How to keep the servers running when your Mastodon goes viral

<p>A Principal Engineer at GitHib, Kris is president of <a href="https://nivenly.org/">the Nivenly Foundation</a> and an admin at <a href="https://hachyderm.io/explore">Hachyderm</a>, an instance of the decentralized social network powered by <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/">Mastodon</a>. </p><p>The ongoing changes at Twitter have fueled interest in alternative, decentralized platforms like Mastodon and <a href="https://discord.com/">Discord</a>.</p><p>Read <a href="https://community.hachyderm.io/blog/2022/12/03/leaving-the-basement/">Leaving the Basement</a>, Kris’s post about scaling and migrating Hachyderm out of her basement.</p><p><a href="https://techstrong.tv/videos/interviews/building-decentralized-it-platforms-kris-nova-hachyderm-and-gabe-monroy-digitalocean">Watch</a> Kris’s conversation with DigitalOcean Chief Product Officer Gabe Monroy about building decentralized IT platforms.</p><p>Find Kris on <a href="https://twitter.com/krisnova?lang=en">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/krisnova">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/krisnova">Twitch</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvH2UexTzcbZRwCS6OxJ3w">YouTube</a>.</p><p>Congrats to </p><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/help/badges/8842/lifeboat">Lifeboat badge</a></p><p> winner </p><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/users/1273978/metakeule">metakeule</a></p><p> for answering </p><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22170942/how-can-i-get-an-error-message-in-a-string-in-go">How can I get an error message in a string in Go?</a></p>