Category: Dev Blogs
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Developer Log #1
Welcome to our new developer logs! We plan on releasing these every two to three weeks to to highlight recent work, what’s coming next, what’s happening behind the scenes, and to pull back the curtain on what’s cooking. 1. What we shipped This week was busy as we prepare for the imminent release of Kanka…
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A quiet, careful upgrade
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been deep in the engine room of our infrastructure, quietly preparing a major upgrade to the database that powers everything behind the scenes. On the surface, nothing changed. Kanka loaded, pages rendered, notifications arrived on time. But underneath, a careful operation was unfolding, involving planning, testing, backups, and some…
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Jay’s setup (end of 2021)
Jumping on a popular type of blog article amongst developers, I thought it would be interesting for people to have an insight into my setup and how I work on Kanka. This includes all the hardware and software that helps me work every day. A tandem article describes the Kanka Infrastructure. Hardware Before I can…
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Infrastructure setup (end of 2021)
Let’s look at the infrastructure that helps Kanka run. We’re publishing this article in tandem with Jay’s Setup article. Hardware running our servers First things first. Kanka runs primarily on five servers, all located in Germany (Nuremberg). Thumbor Frontend1 Frontend2 Backend1 Backend2 All our servers have 2 vCPUs, 4GB of RAM, and plenty of disk.…
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Changes to ads in Kanka
I just want to discuss upcoming changes to ads we mentioned during one of our past Q&As. As you may know, we have been experimenting with ads for non-logged in users for the past couple months, and we feel like we have slowly but surely found the right balance. This means that the time has…
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Roadmap May 2020
The first community vote hosted directly on Kanka is over, which means it’s time for this month’s roadmap! As mentionned in the community vote, this is my last month still working for my current employer, and I am switching to working full time for Kanka in June. Boosted Campaign Features Almost a majority of voters voted for…
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2.5 Year Review
With Kanka now two and a half years old, it’s now time to look at some stats again. The last stats were for the 2 Year Review of the project. A lot has changed since the previous review. I quit my job to work full time on Kanka, my best friend joined Kanka as a business manager to help…
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Roadmap March-April 2020
The second Community vote of 2020 is now closed. The amazing patrons couldn’t make up their minds on what features they most wanted implemented, with all three options being neck and neck for most of the vote’s duration. With weighted votes tallied, we have a winner. Magic & Powers Last month’s runner-up got the most support this month. This…
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Roadmap Early 2020
The first Patreon vote of 2020 is now closed, so it’s time for the roadmap for the beginning of the new year. The amazing patrons were once again split between two features, with more features for the calendar taking a slight lead. Calendars More moon phases shown. Resetting each month on the first day of the week. Aliases for…
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Roadmap End of 2019
With the new every two month Patreon vote now closed, it’s time for the roadmap for the end of the year 2019. The amazing patrons have clearly voted for Bulk Editing and Batch Tagging to become a reality. Bulk Editing & Batch Tagging Allow campaign admins to quickly edit fields of several entities at a time on the entities…
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