Preston Doster joins the show to tell us what it takes to run a Mastodon server with 55,000 accounts and 11,000 monthly active users.
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One correction about the cost to run Hachyderm. Preston said it’s about $600/mo and after the interview emailed me to let me know it’s closer to $1000/mo
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
