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The Lemmy base was updated to 0.18.3 on the weekend with just a couple of minutes of downtime. This version includes database efficiencies that reduced this instance's total database size by about 60%, as well as federation efficiencies that reduce CPU overhead. A big thanks to the development team for this significant update.

In other news, a Leminal Space status page has been created at status.leminal.space to show service advisories and keep track of outages. This is hosted on an external server and should work regardless of the status of the main LS server.

In a blatantly obvious effort to keep up with the Joneses, I have decided to follow the lead of some of the larger instances and host the two alternative front-ends that you may use to browse Lemmy. I intend to keep these updated as the projects evolve and will monitor their use for detrimental impacts to performance.

The first is Alexandrite, a free and open source project by sheodox released under the AGPL license. A pretty and highly reactive UI designed for desktop use, it features infinite scrolling and viewing posts in a pop up so you never lose your place. This UI lives at alex.leminal.space

The second is mlmym, a recreation of the "old" Reddit UI for Lemmy (for those pining for the beforetimes). This project is also FOSS and released under the AGPL license. Try it at old.leminal.space

If there is demand for it, I will consider adding Voyager at m.leminal.space with an automatic redirect for mobile devices. However, I believe that the default Lemmy front-end works well enough on mobile browsers for the few who will be using the site without a dedicated app.